Your new company

Are you passionate about applying your computational biology skills to discover new drugs?

Do you want to join a dynamic and innovative team of experts in biology, informatics and drug discovery?

If so, you might be interested in working for a leading biotech company based in London that is developing novel therapeutics.

This company has a proprietary platform that integrates a range of algorithms and target identification tools to find and validate drug targets and is looking to add a computational biologist to their existing bioinformatics team.

They have a highly collaborative and social atmosphere, with a mix of experience and backgrounds and a great working atmosphere.

Your new role

As a computational biologist / bioinformatician you will be involved in the development and validation of the company’s computational platform, working with a number of internal stakeholders and senior management to drive projects forward related to target identification and biomarker discovery.

You will help manage bioinformatics projects within drug discovery & development, looking at aspects such as data integration, network analysis, target prioritisation and validation. You will also be working closely with biology and computer science / software colleagues to support them on cross-functional projects.

One of the key elements within this role is putting results / biological data into context for future work and helping design experiments to validate results.

What you'll need to succeed

Aside from the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team, you should have:

• A PhD (or equivalent experience) in maths, biology, bioinformatics, physics, statistics, data science or a related subject.
  Candidates without a PhD but with a background in the biotech/pharma industry are also encouraged to apply.
• Hands-on expertise of designing, managing and delivering computational projects and analyses of large scale biological (preferably genetic/genomic) data sets: eg bulk / scRNAseq
• Good programming skills in Python and/or R, eg having developed or optimised tools, pipelines or similar
• An interest in problem-solving

Knowledge of the following would be an advantage but are not required:

• Machine Learning / Deep Learning
• Knowledge Graphs / Neo4j
• Drug discovery / development

Designing wet lab biology experiments

What you'll get in return

You will get a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects that aim to improve the lives of millions of people. You will also get the chance to grow your skills and career in a supportive and collaborative environment that values innovation, creativity and excellence. You will work in a modern office facility in London with state-of-the-art equipment and resources.

What you need to do now

If you are interested in this role, please apply online with your CV and cover letter. If this job isn’t quite right for you but you are looking for a new job in computational biology, please call me for a confidential discussion.

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