Staff Computational Biologist

The role

You will apply computational biology and statistics to create new applications and enhance algorithms for identifying molecular signatures of cancer. You will collaborate with machine learning scientists and computational biologists to advance computational models and assays.

What you will do

• Lead the analysis and interpretation of cancer's molecular signatures.
• Guide and contribute to the development of models that characterize biological changes associated with cancer.
• Execute rigorous computational analyses on data from molecular assays.
• Design novel statistical models for the evaluation, characterization, and modeling of data types.
• Identify research hypotheses and plan, scope, and execute research projects.
• Solve complex analytical challenges related to cell-free circulating nucleic acids and proteins.
• Partner with molecular biologists to refine wet lab experiments.
• Partner with development scientists to turn research models into products.
• Support the professional development and career growth of computational biologists.

Required qualifications

• PhD or equivalent experience in a relevant quantitative field (e.g., computational biology, cancer biology, statistics, bioinformatics).
• At least 8 years of post-PhD experience applying computational techniques for biological discovery and product development.
• Deep expertise in cancer and molecular biology.
• Extensive experience analyzing data and developing models for high-throughput, quantitative technologies in genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics.
• Proficiency in computational and programming skills, including extensive experience with Python statistical packages (Numpy, Matplotlib, Pandas) and modeling packages (Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorc

Nice to have

• Experience training, evaluating, or applying biological sequence models.
• Experience developing or applying single-cell genomic or transcriptomic models.
• Experience modeling cell-free DNA (cfDNA) signals specifically for early disease detection and diagnostic applications.

Benefits

• Equity
• Cash bonuses
• Medical benefits
• Financial benefits
• Other benefits

About the company

Freenome is an organization dedicated to changing the entire landscape of cancer.