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Elysium Health

Bioinformatics Data Scientist

United States

Description

Elysium is a company with a mission to solve the biggest challenges in health with science, to help people live healthier and longer lives. We are seeking a Bioinformatics data scientist. In this position, you will be an essential member of our team and support new product development. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to build complex EWAS data analysis pipelines and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop new algorithms and employ machine learning and statistical approaches to improve existing technologies as well as to create new ones
  • Process, integrate, and analyze biological datasets to reveal insights that enable testable hypotheses
  • Clearly communicate complex results to an audience with a diverse background including scientists and non-scientific alike
  • Stay up-to-date with state of the art tools through literature review and computational experiments
  • Contribute to a team of translational researchers committed to improving health
  • Place a priority on getting results with an emphasis on high quality outcomes
  • Display a willingness to challenge the status quo and take risks
  • Possess a strong sense of urgency that drives performance beyond expectation

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Requirements:
  • Experience with bioinformatics infrastructure, automation, and software engineering
  • 3+ years of experience managing and mentoring computational scientists in academia or equivalent industry experience.
  • Strong quantitative skills for the analysis of high-dimensional OMICs datasets. Experience with DNA methylation sequencing data analysis is preferred.
  • Strong foundations in algorithm development, statistical modeling, and machine learning
  • Experience with multi-class problem sets
  • Proficiency with scripting languages and their ML packages for R or Python
  • Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, interpret and communicate complex data
  • Experience with cloud computing and computational clustering preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems using machine learning and statistics
  • Outstanding collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written



How you are benefited
  • Competitive Salary
  • High-quality health insurance: As an employee at Elysium you'll be able to pick between several medical, dental, and vision plans. All choices include healthcare support, on-demand primary care, and virtual support.
  • Flexible vacation: Hard work requires time off to rest and recharge. Elysium employees take a vacation at their discretion (in consultation with their managers)
  • Monthly wellness reimbursement credit: Can be used towards gym memberships, therapy, massages, yoga, etc.
  • Professional Development: Team members are granted a stipend per year for continuing education expenses.
  • Team Outings
  • Dog-Friendly Office


About Elysium

Elysium Health's mission is to solve the biggest challenges in health with science, to help people lead healthier lives. Working directly with the world's leading scientists, clinicians, and institutions, Elysium Health translates critical advancements in scientific research into health solutions people can access today.

The Elysium team is made up of individuals who are passionate about creating a fundamentally new approach to healthcare, one that focuses not exclusively on disease but on health. We tackle challenges with creativity, integrity, and a willingness to collaborate. We believe that aging is not only the greatest risk factor for all major chronic conditions, but that aging research represents the most significant opportunity to improve human health today. It is our responsibility to share the benefits of aging research with as many people as possible, to effect real and meaningful change. This includes our colleagues, our families, and our friends-who were the original inspiration for Elysium. We are solving some of the world's most interesting and important problems, and believe no one should assume that because a problem is hard, it's unsolvable.

Elysium Health is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Client-provided location(s): United States
Job ID: elysium_health-1268736572
Employment Type: Other

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