Job Description
Duration: 6 months
Location/Site : Worcester, MA - Hybrid.
What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:
1. Experience developing analysis solutions for single-cell transcriptomics, or mIF proteomics datasets 2. Strong proficiency in programming languages Python and R
3. Experience with Bioinformatics tools (Seurat, Scanpy, Squidpy)
4. Experience with machine learning frameworks and data visualization tools.
5. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
6.Experience with tissue-based image analysis and immunologic diseases is preferred
Position Summary: We seek a talented and highly motivated Data Scientist to join our expanding Spatial omics team within the Discovery Immunology Pathology group. The successful candidate will develop and apply computational methods for the analysis of image-based spatial omics datasets, including the integration of multi-modal omics data and data interpretation in order to derive novel biological insights, identify disease biomarkers and new therapeutic targets. The successful candidate will be part of a unique multidisciplinary team working closely with pathologists, image analysts, and research scientists across the organization in a highly dynamic and collaborative environment to support pathology driven spatial omics projects that contribute to innovative drug discovery research.
Key Responsibilities:
· Design, develop and implement computational pipelines for processing and analyzing spatial omics datasets, including spatial transcriptomics and proteomics.
· Collaborate with pathologists and image analysts to develop methods to integrate and analyze spatial transcriptomics data with other spatial modalities, such as IHC or mIF
· Collaborate with pathologists to validate spatial analysis tools in the context of tissue structure to ensure accuracy and reproducibility
· Ensure scalability and efficiency of the pipelines to handle large and complex datasets
· Lead the development of data visualization tools to effectively communicate findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
· Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in spatial omics and bioinformatics, and assess their applicability to ongoing projects.
· Generate concise reports and accurately document project details, algorithms and results in electronic laboratory notebook
Qualifications:
· Ph.D. (or equivalent experience) in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, or a related field. Background in life sciences or experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred.
· Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or MATLAB, and relevant data science libraries (such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, etc.) for data analysis, manipulation, and visualization.
· Experience with bioinformatics tools and databases, especially those pertinent to omics data analysis such as Squidpy or Scanpy
· Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
· Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications:
· Familiarity with digital pathology image analysis platforms (Visopharm and Qupath) and spatial omics analytic platforms (BioTuring)
· Experience with machine learning frameworks and data visualization tools.
· Familiarity with cloud-based (AWS) and high-performance computing environments
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $63.00/hr.