Valo Health · 1 day ago
Staff Data Scientist, Computational Biology
Lexington, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $200K/yr
5+ years expValo Health is a human-centric, AI-enabled biotechnology company working to make new drugs for patients faster. As a Staff Data Scientist in Computational Biology, you will lead the target prioritization strategy and collaborate with various scientists to accelerate drug preclinical programs.
BiotechnologyHealth CareInformation TechnologyMedical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead the development of target prioritization strategy and execution, incorporating cell-specific information through interpretable machine learning models in the immune-cardio-metabolic therapeutic area
Contribute to the analyses and integration of scRNAseq datasets within interpretable machine learning models aimed at target discovery and prioritization
Collaborate with other data scientists to improve and expand the applications of our computational platform
Engage with discovery stakeholders to come up with novel approaches that better capture our scientific strategy, while supporting new hypotheses and/or research questions
Support external partnerships by aligning strategically with partners and meeting delivery expectations
Be a curious, agile and pro-active team member, providing regular updates of your work and looking for new scientific opportunities within the team
Qualification
Required
PhD + 5 years experience in computational sciences, computational biology, or related fields (e.g., systems biology, genetics, molecular biology, physics) in collaborative settings to unravel complex biological questions and communicate domain knowledge to non-computational stakeholders & colleagues
Experience in scRNAseq analyses and computational approaches using modern computational methods towards understanding cellular pathways, cell transition states, and holistic disease processes
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Demonstrated experience in modern data science toolkits, including python, R, github/gitlab towards building reproducible analytical processes
Ability to condense, summarize, and synthesize results into informative and actionable presentations to scientific audiences as demonstrated by original peer-reviewed publications in respected journals, oral presentations at scientific meetings
Experience in documenting computational projects, code, data, and model versioning
Ability to multi-task and work in fast-paced environments
Preferred
Experience in systems biology approaches to derive insights from multi-dimensional data
Experience in cellular mixture deconvolution approaches, with a focus on immune system
Experience in interpretable machine learning models
Experience in multi-omics approaches and data (2 or more: genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and/or metabolomic) using computational biology methods towards understanding holistic disease processes
Domain knowledge in immune-cardio-metabolic therapeutic area
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
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