NovaGen Research Fund
NLP & Scientific Reasoning Post-Doc
Rockville, MD
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 42 days ago
PythonGitSQLPostgreSQLVector DatabasesAWSCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDLinuxMachine LearningPyTorchData ScienceNLPLLMsRAGAccessibilityResearchCommunicationCollaborationPipeline Integrity
About the role
- We work with premier research organizations and facilities including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other public and private organizations.
- Present findings at conferences and contribute to NGRF's visibility in the scientific integrity space.
- The diversity of Axle's employees is a tremendous asset.
Responsibilities
- Scientific integrity research: Design and execute large-scale computational analyses of scientific publishing practices across the biomedical literature. Publish findings in peer-reviewed venues (e.g., Scientometrics, JASIST, Quantitative Science Studies).
- NLP model development: Develop and validate models for semantic analysis of scientific text - including claim extraction, relevance scoring, and relationship detection. Build on existing RAG infrastructure and vector search capabilities.
- Big data and pipeline engineering: Work with a multi-terabyte literature database and external APIs (PubMed, CrossRef, OpenAlex) to build scalable data processing and analysis pipelines.
- Collaboration and outreach: Work with external partners in the research integrity community. Present findings at conferences and contribute to NGRF's visibility in the scientific integrity space.
- Scientific integrity research: Design and execute large-scale computational analyses of scientific publishing practices across the biomedical literature.
- Design and execute large-scale computational analyses of scientific publishing practices across the biomedical literature.
- Develop and validate models for semantic analysis of scientific text - including claim extraction, relevance scoring, and relationship detection.
- Build on existing RAG infrastructure and vector search capabilities.
- With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in Python with experience in modern ML/NLP frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers)
- Experience working with large text corpora and large-scale datasets
- Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Experience with knowledge graphs, ontology design, or graph databases
Nice to have
- Background in scientometrics, bibliometrics, or research integrity
- Experience with scientific publishing APIs and metadata (DOIs, PubMed, CrossRef, OpenAlex)
- Familiarity with claim extraction, relation extraction, or scientific argument mining
- Proficiency with Git, GitHub, and collaborative software development workflows
- Experience with Linux/Unix environments and command-line tools
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)
- Experience deploying NLP models in production or near-production settings
Skills
- Healthcare (FSA)
- Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
- Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)
- Integrate structured and unstructured data sources into reproducible workflows.
Compensation
- The prospective salary range for this position is $80,000-$92,000 annually.
- The diversity of Axle's employees is a tremendous asset.
Benefits
- 100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees
- Educational Benefits for Career Growth
- Paid Time Off (Including Holidays)
- Employee Referral Bonus
Equal opportunity
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