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Sr. Data Scientist

Scipher Medicine

Scipher Medicine

Data Science
Waltham, MA, USA
Posted on Oct 10, 2024

About Us

We are tackling one of the largest problems in healthcare. In autoimmune conditions, a common clinical practice includes trial-and-error approaches to determine the right therapy for a patient. At Scipher Medicine, we are developing an innovative portfolio of personalized medicine solutions in complex diseases. Scipher's platform identifies and guides physicians towards a more targeted approach to determine the best treatment for their patients, based on their patient’s own fundamental disease biology. We have a growing pipeline of products that are currently being developed and the potential to predict which therapies patients will respond to, ensuring optimal treatment is prescribed from day one.

This includes PrismRA, a precision medicine test that helps guide healthcare providers’ treatment decisions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Pipeline indications span the autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases space. Learn more about Scipher at https://www.sciphermedicine.com/.

Overview:

The Principal/Senior Data Scientist will lead the technical team to develop and apply state-of-the-art computational and statistical methods to deliver testable hypotheses and biological insights in Personalized Medicine.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive the development of companies' platform and algorithms in collaboration with the research team.
  • Maintain knowledge in latest scientific and technology advancements in the field of Systems Biology and Machine Learning
  • Lead building state-of-the-art technology in target discovery and biomarker discovery using multi-omics data
  • Contribute to high-quality documents and scientific publications
  • Summarize and communicate results to project teams, provide intellectual input, and contribute to decision-making.
  • Present the company’s scientific results internally and at leading industry conferences
  • Deliver each project within agreed upon timelines
  • Be direct and to the point

Qualifications:

  • PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Data Science, or relevant fields
  • 5 plus years of experience in machine learning, computational biology, bioinformatics, systems biology
  • Familiarity with NLP/LLM is a plus
  • Skilled in implementing machine learning and statistical analysis to high dimension data
  • Proficiency in coding (R and python are preferable)
  • Familiar and experienced in network science approaches is preferred
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers, and clients
  • Passion in advancing frontiers of personalized medicine in complex diseases
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Scipher is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.