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Bioinformatics/AI Scientist - Oncology

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 04/25/2025 Employment Type: Contract Industry: Research and Discovery Job Number: 12126 Pay Rate: $34.00 - $54.00 Remote Friendly: Onsite

Job Description

Our client is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. 


Overview:
  • We are seeking a talented and highly motivated Computational Scientist (Contract) with a strong analytical background in Bioinformatics and ML/AI. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in multi-omics analysis and the application of deep learning and transformer models to biomedical and clinical data.

Responsibilities:
  • Work under the supervision of group leaders in Computational Biology and Translation to benchmark ML/AI models integrating large-scale multiomics preclinical and clinical datasets.
  • Write scalable Python code to benchmark the performance of state-of-the-art ML models on predefined preclinical and clinical tasks.
  • Produce reports on the performance of different ML methods and present results.
  • Suggest new directions for benchmarking and improvement to predictive models.
  • Document code, analysis, and findings, including standardization of analytical workflows.

Job Requirements

Requirements:
  • PhD in Computer Science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or a related field.
  • Extensive experience (6+ years) in large-scale bulk data analysis (RNA, WES), including gold-standard methods and novel, advanced analytical techniques.
  • Experience (3+ years) in training and applying modern ML architectures and models to omics data.
  • Expertise in cancer biology or clinical omics data.
  • Proficiency in Python, shell scripting.
  • Experience working with Git and high-performance computing.
  • High self-motivation and commitment to delivering high-quality results.
  • Ability to produce rigorous analysis with minimal supervision, including meeting key deadlines and making sensible independent decisions.
  • Excellent communication skills and experience working as part of a team.
  • Curiosity and desire to learn more about applications of AI methods to pharmaceutical research.

Meet Your Recruiter

Jay Hite
Recruiter, Account Manager

As a Recruiter at Compass, Jay enjoys meeting job seekers and helping them to find new and exciting opportunities. He enjoys the process of getting to know candidates and learning all about their experience and what their future goals are. Jay feels the excitement of his candidates and is passionate about helping to find a fit both culturally and professionally. 

When Jay isn’t working, he enjoys bike rides, trying out new foods, tequila tasting and watching movies.  

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