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Kimia Therapeutics · 1 day ago

Associate Director / Director, Data Science and Engineering

Berkeley, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$185K/yr - $253K/yr

5+ years exp

Kimia Therapeutics is building a next-generation drug discovery engine that combines a unique physical platform for high-throughput chemistry and screening with state-of-the-art computational approaches to accelerate the discovery of novel drugs in cancer and immune disorders. They seek a hands-on leader for the team building the in silico components of ATLAS, spanning data science, cheminformatics, and software engineering.

BiotechnologyTherapeutics

Responsibilities

Build the software foundations of ATLAS that tie our high-throughput chemistry and biology platform into a smoothly humming data engine

Drive the data science optimizing its performance to accelerate drug discovery for Kimia and its partners

Serve on the leadership committee for ATLAS, alongside chemistry and biology leads, to drive the execution and build of the platform

Qualification

Data ScienceSoftware EngineeringMachine LearningCheminformaticsPersonnel ManagementTeam LeadershipCommunication Skills

Required

BS in computer science, mathematics, chemistry or a related field. Demonstrated excellence in prior work is more critical than exact undergraduate coursework

5+ years work experience as a senior technical contributor in two or more of software engineering, data science, and/or machine learning products

1.5+ years of personnel management and team leadership experience, including recruiting, day-to-day management, mentoring, performance evaluation, and team strategy development

A track record of technical leadership excellence in these fields, as evidenced by presentations, publications, or output from teams formerly led

Excellent oral and written communication skills