Remote Staff Data Scientist

Summary

Join a multi-disciplinary team of experts at Valo Health to accelerate the creation of life-changing drugs for more patients faster.

Requirements

• A PhD (or Masters with experience) in Computational Chemistry, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or related quantitative fields
• At least 5 years of relevant industry experience required
• Proven experience in critical evaluation of the scientific literature; basic skills in mining of biological assay data is a plus
• Good understanding of methods in cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology are essential
• A skilled programmer in python and/or R, fluency with shell scripting, and comfortable working on the command line
• Experience with existing cheminformatics tools and platforms such as RDKit, OpenBabel, Pipeline Pilot, KNIME, MOE, and Schrödinger
• Understanding of data modeling and database technologies, including experience with SQL
• Understanding of the practical application of modern machine learning methods
• Strong project management skills with significant practical experience managing multiple, parallel projects
• A confident and effective communicator – equally comfortable within a platform engineering discussion and a medicinal chemistry discussion
• An ability to work well under pressure and drive projects that affect critical timelines
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Train, assess, deploy, and interpret statistical machine learning models that inform, derisk, and advance our programs
• Work with data scientists, researchers, product teams, and other domain experts to build solutions to complex data-oriented problems
• Communicate complex and nuanced statistical concepts to biologists and medicinal chemists
• Communicate complex and difficult biological and chemistry concepts to computer scientists