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AI/ML Engineer / Data Scientist (Predictive Modeling Contractor)

The Fountain Group LLC
  • Remote, CA
  • Remote
  • $60–$71.07 Per Hour
  • Instant Apply
8 days ago

Job Description

The Fountain Group is currently seeking an AI/ML Engineer / Data Scientist (Predictive Modeling Contractor) for a prominent client of ours. Open for 100% Remote Candidates. Prefer someone who can work Hybrid or go onsite occasionally at South San Francisco, CA office. Details for the position are as follows:

Pay Rate - $60 – 71.07/hr on W2
14 months Contract Role (HIGH Possibility for further extension)



Position Summary
We are seeking a contractor with a background combining AI rapid prototyping and Predictive Modeling to support the platform and predictive analytics subteams within the program. This role focuses on co-developing shared data and technical foundations (e.g. Ontologies, Knowledge Graphs), prototyping agentic AI capabilities, and advancing predictive models for drug safety risk prediction across the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities
AI Prototyping & MCP Tool Development: Rapidly explore, evaluate, and prototype emerging AI tools and agentic capabilities, specifically developing MCP tools and AI agent integrations for DAISAE.
Predictive Modeling: Build and refine predictive models using multi-modal datasets (including in vitro, in vivo, omics, clinical trial data, real-world data (RWD), and spontaneous safety reports) to enable risk prediction from early molecule-level evaluation to late-stage and post-marketing patient safety.
Architecture & Platform Design: Translate feasibility findings and prototype evaluations into concrete architectural design and platform requirements for shared data and technical foundations.
Co-Development & Governance Collaboration: Work in an agile way to prototype reusable technical capabilities before transitioning components to RDT for formal validation, compliance, and production rollout.
Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with data scientists, safety scientists, and RDT technical partners to ensure technical execution aligns with business priorities.

Qualifications & Experience
Education: MSc or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or a related quantitative field. Minimum of a Masters Degree required.
Expertise in predictive modeling, machine learning, and AI prototyping.
Hands-on experience developing agentic AI systems, LLM tools, and MCP tools.
Proficiency in handling biomedical datasets (omics, clinical trials, RWD, or in vitro/in vivo data).
Agile prototyping mindset with software engineering skills tailored for data science.


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Numbers & Facts

LocationRemote, CA (
Remote
)
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Salary$60–$71.07 Per Hour
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Websitehttps://www.thefountaingroup.com/

About Company

The Fountain Group provides Contingent Labor, Statement-of-Work, and Contingent-to-Permanent resources to clients with an internal/external Contingent Labor Managed Service Program or Clients without a program. The Fountain Group is committed to the belief that we all share in the responsibility to conduct our businesses in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. We base this on the premise that a company is much more than the products it offers. The effect a company has on the environment, the people and the communities it serves reflects the company’s dedication to being not only a good business, but to being a good corporate citizen. The Fountain Group believes the key to servicing a client is to identify the client demand precisely. Therefore, The Fountain Group focused its efforts on building and developing a process, which can identify an exact match for our client’s needs. Our process utilizes modern technology combined with 30+ years of Talent Acquisition experience to deliver Precision resources. Financial strength is prominent among The Fountain Group’s corporate values. The future of our business will be built on the innovation, compassion, outstanding services and technology, but a solid financial foundation is required to carry us forward to meet our business goal and support our long term vision.

Skills

  • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
  • Architectural Servicesunmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Bioinformaticsunmatched
  • Biologyunmatched
  • Biomedicineunmatched
  • Biostatisticsunmatched
  • Clinical Dataunmatched
  • Clinical Trialunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Concreteunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Data Scienceunmatched
  • Data Setsunmatched
  • Engineeringunmatched
  • Epidemiologyunmatched
  • MCP - Microsoft Certified Professionalunmatched
  • Marketingunmatched
  • Ontologyunmatched
  • Patient Safetyunmatched
  • Pharmacovigilanceunmatched
  • Predictive Modelingunmatched
  • Product Lifecycleunmatched
  • Prototypingunmatched
  • Rapid Prototypingunmatched
  • Riskunmatched
  • Software Engineeringunmatched
  • Software Prototypingunmatched
  • Training Data Setsunmatched

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