Valo Health

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Senior Staff Data Scientist, Statistical Genetics

Data ScientistData ScientistFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Massachusetts

Posted

54 days ago

Salary

$182.8K - $215K / year

Postgraduate Degree3 yrs expEnglishCloudPython

Job Description

• Lead project teams of world-class data scientists developing and applying robust, generalizable solutions to core scientific problems. • Work with a diverse set of stakeholders to develop project plans that support program needs, develop alignment between functional teams and stakeholders, and prioritize. • Work with an array of data types alongside genetic sequencing data, including electronic medical records, multi-omics data, and other data modalities using R or Python in cloud environments. • Be comfortable with scientific uncertainty and embrace curiosity and creative solutions. • Collaborate with drug discovery and clinical development teams to help ensure the relevance and impact of the insights generated by you and your teammates. • Be a dynamic and active team member, championing and adopting shared coding standards, participating in code review, and providing regular updates of your work and input into the work of your colleagues

Job Requirements

  • BS + 8-10, MS + 5-8 or PhD + 3-5 years of experience in statistical genetics, computational sciences (eg, computational biology, molecular biology), or a related field
  • Experience leading matrixed teams, exercising creative problem-solving skills, and demonstrated project management skills
  • Experience in performing and working with results of genetically anchored studies
  • Demonstrated experience conducting genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and follow up analyses including computing and using (omic)QTL for Mendelian randomization and colocalization
  • Demonstrated experience with the computation and application analyses of rare genetic variation (LoF analysis, burden testing, identity-by-descent detection, functional variant annotation)
  • Experience working with UKBiobank data or similar datasets, integrating genomics, multi-omics, and clinical information
  • Experience with statistical genetics, exploratory data analysis, and data visualization with a demonstrated business or scientific impact
  • Experience researching cardiometabolic disease
  • Proficient in Python or R programming and at least basic knowledge of the other
  • Familiarity with working in a command line interface
  • Familiarity with writing / developing code using version control (e.g., git) and collaborative code writing practices such as code review
  • Experience developing analysis pipelines and/or software packages

Benefits

  • healthcare coverage
  • annual incentive program
  • retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits

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