Position Details

Salary $159K – $251K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience lead

Exp. Years 4+ years of industry experience (PhD path)

Education PhD in Computational Biology, Biostatistics, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Biology, Engineering/Bioengineering, Structural Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry or related STEM with 4+ years of industry experience; MS with 8+ years; BS with 12+ years.

Category Data & Analytics

About this role

Associate Director, Discovery Biologics Data Platforms & Engineering leads end-to-end data capture, processing and integration for biologics discovery, applying ML/AI to accelerate decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Develop data capture and processing tools
Collaborate with IT and Discovery Biologics
Build AI agents for lab scientists
Mentor researchers
Publish/patents

Technical Overview

Role spans data engineering, data science, and IT collaboration; stack includes Python/SQL, Airflow, DBT, Kafka, Docker/Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and visualization tools

Ideal Candidate

PhD-level data scientist with biologics data discovery experience, able to architect end-to-end data capture, processing, and ML/AI plus collaborations across Discovery Biologics, Data Science, and IT.

Must-Have Skills

PythonSQLdata sciencedata engineeringcloud platformscommunication

Nice-to-Have Skills

SDLCProtein engineeringbiologicsAlphaFoldRosetta

Tools & Platforms

AirflowDBTKafkaDebeziumDockerKubernetesDatadogSpotfirePower BIJira

Required Skills

PythonSQLAirflowDBTKafkaDockerKubernetesPower BISpotfireData Sciencecloud platformsdata engineeringAPIs

Hard Skills

PythonSQLAirflowDBTKafkaDockerKubernetesPower BISpotfire

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationteamworkmentoringproject managementcross-functional collaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Pharmaceuticals

Job Function Lead end-to-end data platforms and engineering for discovery biologics, enabling data-driven decision making.

Role Subtype Data Engineer

Tech Domains Python, SQL, Airflow, DBT, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Power BI, Spotfire

Clearance & Visa

Visa Sponsorship Yes

Keywords for Your Resume

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