CareerPlan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

UBC Hospital Site - Vancouver, BC, CanadaFull-time$55k2026-09-17 → 2026-11-10
Based in CanadaNo visa sponsorshipCitizens or permanent residents only

Core

Building data pipelines and AI tools for a biotechnology company to integrate and analyze complex biological and clinical data.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Applied AI/ML Engineer)

Builds

Data pipelines, AI analytical tools, and an AI chat interface for a biotech platform.

Domain

Biotechnology / Life Sciences / Clinical Data

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Data engineering, AI/ML systems development, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, LLMs, vector databases, NLP, AWS, Docker

Preferred skills

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, agentic coding tools, oncology dataset experience

Technologies

Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Pinecone, AWS, Docker

Responsibilities

Architect scalable data ingestion pipelines for biological and clinical data; Design AI pipeline components using LLMs; Manage storage and retrieval using vector databases; Integrate NLP workflows for unstructured text; Maintain data quality standards for AI outputs; Define data engineering practices and testing strategies; Supervise research assistants; Develop peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Seniority

Postdoctoral Researcher (Early-career IC)