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AI Data Scientist (RE1-2)
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Organization: Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS)
Contract Type: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
Main Description: The Barcelona Supercomputing Center' Data Visualization and Analytics group is looking for a data scientist. The group has 5 research lines -Industrial Data Science, Urban Data Science, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Storytelling, and Arts+Science Driven Innovation. The goal of this position is to work as data scientist across all of the lines, as most projects include a combination of skills.
The key role of this position will be at the start of projects to help gather, clean, and understand data as it comes, creating EDA dashboards, as well as some initial modelling and evaluation metric design, communicating with the data engineers that produce the pipeline, and with the analysts and data visualization team that consume it.
The candidate will join the currently ongoing projects on advanced manufacturing and factory operation, digital services, energy efficiency, urban planning, digital democracy, as well as science dissemination.
Key Duties:
- Data exploration and preparation
- Talking to end users and domain experts to capture the key components of a problem
- Exploratory modeling (architecture design, pipeline design)
- Visualization and presentation of preliminary results
- Help write reports, deliverables, and research proposals
Requirements:
Education: Masters or PhD Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or technology related field.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience:
- Experience with AI and advanced statistical models applied to science and industry (1-3 years)
- Experience working on applied data science projects (1-3 years)
- Strong ML and AI programming experience, preferably in Python (1-3 years)
- Strong initiative to carry on research and development independently (1-3 years)
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience:
- Fluency in English is essential. Proficiency in Spanish and other European languages would be advantageous
- Experience on some of the application fields of the group's projects
Competences:
- Ability to work in a team and in a multi-cultural environment
- Excellent communication skills, especially for producing documentation (reports, manuals, papers)
Benefits/Conditions:
- Full-time contract (37.5h/week)
- Good working environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure
- Flexible working hours
- Extensive training plan
- Restaurant tickets
- Private health insurance
- Support to the relocation procedures
- 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per collective agreement
- Competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience according to the cost of living in Barcelona
- Starting date: 1/10/2025
How to Apply: All applications must be submitted via the BSC website (https://www.bsc.es/join-us/job-opportunities/53425casedpppre1-2) and contain:
- A full CV in English including contact details
- A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, clearly specifying for which specific area and topics the applicant wishes to be considered. Additionally, two references for further contacts must be included. Applications without this document will not be considered.
Job Reference: 534_25_CASE_DPPP_RE1-2
Closing Date: Sunday, 31 August, 2025
