Position : Jr. Data Scientist focused in Biopharma
Location : Cambridge, MA
Duration: 6+ months
Interview: ZOOM
Any Visa
This position will begin fully remote but will transition to on-site in the future
Job functions:
- Contribute to our informatics and data management initiatives in Research and Early Development (R&ED)
- Develop, enhance, and automate processes for queuing and prioritizing data management and curation requests
- Empower scientists with tools and processes needed to support project objectives
- Ensure accurate, complete, and timely collection, delivery and tracking of data from translational, CRO or collaborating laboratories for curation, ingestion, and delivery to computational scientists
Job Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with at least 2-3 years of experience in biomedical data management, data engineering, quality assurance, assay development, specimen data management or related discipline
- Excellent scripting skills in R or python programming
- Experience with REST API and command line interfaces
- General understanding of cloud computing / data storage concepts (S3, NSF)
- Extensive experience managing, processing, and applying quality control metrics and processes to a wide range of data types in support of R&ED
- Working knowledge of both Windows and Linux operating systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication, comfortable working independently and as part of a collaborative team, and excellent critical thinking, analytical skills, and judgment
Nice to have:
- Prior experience with biological data, knowledge of molecular biology techniques
- Experience with version control and project management tools
- Demonstrable ability to work among a large multidisciplinary team
- Exposure to AGILE methodology and principles
- Experience working in a dynamic fast-paced environment with shifting priorities