Data Scientist - II; Associate

Required Education

• PhD. in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline with a minimum of 2 years of academic or industry experience.
• MSc in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline, with a minimum of 5 years of academic or industry experience.

• Demonstrated expertise in bioinformatics, computational biology, machine learning, multi-omics data analysis, biological data integration and interpretation.
• Extensive and demonstrated experience in the computational analysis of multi-modal and multi-scale (e.g. single cell, spatial) molecular profiles of patient‑derived samples.
• Proficient in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, R) and competent with HPC environments and/or cloud‑based platforms.
• Experience with version control systems, such as Git (e.g., Github).
• Good working knowledge of public and proprietary bioinformatics databases, resources and tools.
• Familiarity with public repositories of DNA, RNA, protein, single‑cell and spatial profiling data.
• Ability to critically evaluate scientific research and apply Client informatics methods in translational applications.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, self‑motivated, attention to detail, and ability to handle multiple projects.
• Proven ability to conduct research individually and collaboratively.
• Proven track record of contributions to peer‑reviewed publications in the field of bioinformatics or computational biology.
• Excellent communication skills (written, presentation, and oral).

• Experience in analyzing neuroscience datasets and working knowledge of neuroscience, especially neurodegenerative diseases.
• In‑depth understanding of drug target and biomarker identification in an industry setting.

Hybrid: 3 days/week:
Flexible schedule.

Contractor, Data Science in Translational Neuroscience Analytics.

We are a research‑driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science” that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research‑driven enterprise dedicated to world‑class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe. We identify and target steps in disease mechanisms or pathways that could be inhibited or enhanced.

Our goal is to identify a compound that is effective against a disease target. Using innovative thinking, state‑of‑the‑art facilities and robust scientific methodology we collaborate to Client the next medical breakthrough.

We are seeking a highly motivated contractor computational biologist / data scientist to join our Translational Neuroscience Analytics team within The Data, AI & Genome Sciences Department in Cambridge, MA.

The qualified individual will be an expert in the field of Computational Biology & Data Science. They will have deep expertise in the application of computational approaches to analyze multi-modal biological datasets to decode causal biology with the goal of identifying Client drug targets and disease biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases. In this role, they will work alongside other computational biologists and data scientists to inform all stages of our Neuroscience drug development pipeline.

As such, they will leverage cutting‑edge AI/ML and analytics approaches to integrate human genetics, multi‑scale molecular profiles of patient‑derived samples, and functional genomics data derived from a wide‑array of preclinical models to address challenging problems in early target discovery, characterization of mechanisms of action and discovery of patient stratification biomarkers. They will be expected to operate in a collaborative environment, working with cross‑functional teams of computational biologists, data scientists, bench scientists and clinical colleagues.

• Leverage Bioinformatics, System Biology, Statistics and Machine Learning methods to analyze high‑throughput omics datasets, with a specific focus on Client target and biomarker discovery in…