Valo Health · 17 hours ago
Senior Staff Data Scientist, Statistical Genetics
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$183K/yr - $215K/yr
3+ years expValo Health is a human-centric, AI-enabled biotechnology company working to make new drugs for patients faster. As a Senior Staff Data Scientist on the Statistical Genetics team, you will lead teams in applying Valo’s Opal computational platform to identify and validate drug targets and work in a multidisciplinary environment to advance the discovery and development of new medicines.
BiotechnologyHealth CareInformation TechnologyMedical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead project teams of world-class data scientists developing and applying robust, generalizable solutions to core scientific problems
Work with a diverse set of stakeholders to develop project plans that support program needs, develop alignment between functional teams and stakeholders, and prioritize
Work with an array of data types alongside genetic sequencing data, including electronic medical records, multi-omics data, and other data modalities using R or Python in cloud environments
Be comfortable with scientific uncertainty and embrace curiosity and creative solutions. Many of the challenges we’re trying to address don’t have known solutions or clear processes to arrive at answers
Collaborate with drug discovery and clinical development teams to help ensure the relevance and impact of the insights generated by you and your teammates
Be a dynamic and active team member, championing and adopting shared coding standards, participating in code review, and providing regular updates of your work and input into the work of your colleagues
Qualification
Required
BS + 8-10, MS + 5-8 or PhD + 3-5 years of experience in statistical genetics, computational sciences (eg, computational biology, molecular biology), or a related field
Experience leading matrixed teams, exercising creative problem-solving skills, and demonstrated project management skills
Experience in performing and working with results of genetically anchored studies
Demonstrated experience conducting genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and follow up analyses including computing and using (omic)QTL for Mendelian randomization and colocalization
Demonstrated experience with the computation and application analyses of rare genetic variation (LoF analysis, burden testing, identity-by-descent detection, functional variant annotation)
Experience working with UKBiobank data or similar datasets, integrating genomics, multi-omics, and clinical information
Experience with statistical genetics, exploratory data analysis, and data visualization with a demonstrated business or scientific impact
Experience researching cardiometabolic disease
Proficient in Python or R programming and at least basic knowledge of the other
Familiarity with working in a command line interface
Familiarity with writing / developing code using version control (e.g., git) and collaborative code writing practices such as code review
Experience developing analysis pipelines and/or software packages
Preferred
Experience in machine learning, probabilistic graphical modeling, and/or causal inference
Experience with working with electronic health record data, personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI) data, or HIPAA compliance
Experience in drug discovery and development
Benefits
Healthcare coverage
Annual incentive program
Retirement benefits
Broad range of other benefits
Company
Valo Health
Valo Health is a technology company focused on utilizing large scale data and AI-driven computation to discover and develop therapeutics.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$460MKey Investors
Koch Disruptive TechnologiesPSP InvestmentsFlagship Pioneering
2022-10-28Series C
2021-03-09Series B· $110M
2021-01-11Series B· $190M
Leadership Team
Brian Alexander
Chief Executive Officer
Guido Lanza
SVP and CTO
Recent News
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