Data Scientist

Job Description

Position Overview:

• Biology background is a great to have, few years is okay Sequencing Data.
• RNA-Seq single cell CRISPR.
• The Genomics and Integrative Biology team at consists of data scientists and biologists collaborating in the development and application of genomic technologies for early drug discovery.
• In this role, you’ll apply published and internal methods for the integrative modelling of data from diverse genome-wide, often sequencing-based, assays for the purposes of therapeutic hypothesis generation and evaluation.

Responsibilities:

• Perform diverse modelling tasks, typically with sequencing data or data matrices with sequencing counts as input.
• Support visualization of data from complex biological assays.
• Have accountability for delivering objectives through effective collaboration within the Genomics and Integrative Biology team.
• Communicate effectively within team, including progress, issues, timelines and impact.

Experience:

• +4 years of experience in command-line environment and Client scripting.
• +4 years of experience coding in Python.
• Coursework in parametric statistics.
• M.S. degree in bioinformatics or other mathematical or scientific field with evidence of strong computational experience.
• Demonstrated experience in sequence biology and high-throughput sequencing data Experience with git.

Preferred:

• Track record working with scientific or complex structured data.
• Experience with Jupyter notebooks or R markdown, Docker, and both Python and R.
• Lab experience in or coursework in molecular or cellular biology or genetics.
• Familiarity with bioinformatics workflows or laboratory data systems.