Forward Deployed Computational Biologist

The role

You will design, build, and deploy production-grade AI solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies using the K Pro platform. You will translate biological and operational questions into computational workflows using clinical and multi-omics data.

What you will do

• Tailor Owkin’s agentic AI platform to specific client needs
• Implement new analytical workflows and integrate the platform into client workflows
• Translate complex biological and operational questions into computational workflows
• Utilize deep clinical and multi-omics data and computational biology methodologies
• Iterate quickly with users to validate solutions
• Work alongside Customer Success Managers, R&D data scientists, biologists, and software engineers
• Communicate scientific complexity to diverse stakeholders

Required qualifications

• MSc/PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Expertise in analyzing complex data such as real-world clinical data and multimodal omics and high-throughput experimental data
• Strong knowledge of molecular biology and at least one major therapeutic area
• Ability to operate in fast-paced environments and manage ambiguity
• Very strong programming skills in Python
• Ability to ideate and conduct exploratory analyses and data visualisations
• Ability to write clean, production-grade code
• Strong familiarity with coding agents
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts and frameworks
• Exceptional ability to translate scientific complexity for non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

• Experience with LLMs and agentic AI frameworks
• Experience in a Biotech/Pharma environment
• Excellent understanding of the different steps and respective needs of the typical Pharma drug discovery pipeline
• Demonstrated ability to write production-level code in deployed products

Benefits

• Flexible work organization
• Friendly and informal working environment
• Opportunity to work with an international team with high technical and scientific backgrounds

Before you apply

• Please submit your CV in English

About the company

Owkin is an agentic AI company pioneering Biological Artificial Superintelligence to solve problems in biology. The company builds K Pro, an AI scientist for pharmaceutical research and strategic decision-making.