Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Astrix's client is an innovative biotechnology company focused on advanced research in genomics and therapeutic development. The Computational Scientist will analyze large-scale single-cell perturbation datasets, develop computational methods to support target identification and drug discovery, collaborate across scientific disciplines, and improve scalable genomic data analysis pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Analyze large-scale perturbation sequencing datasets (e.g., Perturb-seq, CROP-seq, multi-condition single-cell RNA-seq)
- Develop and apply computational methods to generate insights that support early-stage therapeutic research
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams across computational biology, biology, chemistry, and data science
- Contribute to software, analysis pipelines, and workflow improvements for large-scale genomic data analysis
- Present findings and communicate complex analyses to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Skills
- Master's or PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative life science field
- 1–3+ years of relevant industry or postdoctoral experience
- Hands-on experience analyzing Perturb-seq, CROP-seq, SciPlex, or other multi-condition single-cell RNA-seq datasets
- Strong programming skills in Python and/or R
- Experience working in HPC environments (SLURM, AWS, SGE, or similar)
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience with version control
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Knowledge of workflow management tools such as Nextflow or Snakemake
Benefits
- Benefits
- 12-Month Contract (+Benefits)
- Remote (Must be open to working PST)
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