Computational Scientist/Engineer,TSci

Job description

Details:
GSK recently formed a new Target Sciences group, bringing together scientists from genetics, computational biology, statistics, target and pathway validation sciences and cellular and molecular biology to harness recent advances in genetics, genomics, cell biology and informatics with the objective of improving early drug discovery decisions that will deliver translation in human studies. We now have a number of job openings in Target Sciences– opportunities for you to collaborate with other scientists to advance exciting, innovative scientific programs with the potential to improve the lives of millions of people. We are creating a focused Target Sciences capability based in Seattle to leverage our collaboration with the Altius Institute. The Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences is creating a new integrated paradigm for biomedical discovery that empowers exceptionally creative computational and biological engineers and scientists to innovate at the leading edge of biology and technology.

Altius has developed truly disruptive technologies that radically scale epigenomic analyses and super-resolution imaging to create world-leading discovery capabilities yielding unprecedentedly rich data at petabyte scale. Altius' computational scientists and engineers are developing new frameworks for visualizing, manipulating, and deriving deep insights from these new data to crack the code of human genome function. Altius is collaborating with GSK to translate this new knowledge into new therapeutic avenues that radically accelerate development of life-changing medicines.
You will be working in a first-of-kind science studio designed to fully integrate molecular and computational scientists to maximize communication, efficiency, and team discovery.

Prior experience working with genomic/epigenomic data is not required.

This is a truly unique opportunity to impact leading-edge biomedical research. Please include a brief cover letter to highlight your skills, career trajectory, and desire to move the dial.

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Desired profile

Basic qualifications:
Bachelors / Masters Degree or equivalent in Computational biology, bioinformatics, computational sciences, biomedical/biological sciences.
Demonstrated experience in working in collaborative projects.
Key areas of needed expertise include: high-scale information infrastructure development, image analysis, machine learning, and data visualization.
Specific skills in any of the following areas may include, but are not limited to:
Infrastructure/data management: UNIX pipeline and API development, parallelization.
Image analysis: deconvolution, segmentation, CUDA/GPU programming.
Machine learning: Support Vector Machines, decision trees, (deep) neural networks.
Data visualization: Processing, Tableau, D3.js, GUI development.
For all these areas, the following skills are desired:
Programming languages: C, Python, R, JavaScript
Databases: design, implementation and optimization, stored procedures.
Statistics: study design, hypothesis testing, data modeling.
Strong written and oral communication skills.

Preferred qualifications:
Same as Basic Qualifications