Principal / Director Computational Biologist
Overview/Key Responsibilities:
Moonwalk Biosciences is recruiting a Principal/Director of Computational Biology. As a key member of our R&D team, you will:
- Work within the R&D team to design and analyze high dimensional genomic datasets derived from epigenetic reprogramming experiments
- Curate and combine external and internal genomics datasets
- Develop bioinformatics and computational biology methods for generating deep biological insights from large scale multi-omics datasets.
Required Qualifications:
- M.S. / PhD with 5+ years of relevant experience
- Proficient in one or more languages: Python, R, C/C++, Go, Rust or equivalent
- Experience with analysis of high dimensional genomics datasets
- Experience with development of machine learning and statistical modeling algorithms
- Strong attention to detail and impeccable organizational and documentation skills
- Ability to excel in a team-first, supportive work environment, and clearly articulate ideas, problems, and solutions
- Ability to thrive in early stage technology development with demanding schedules and deliverables
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Track record of high impact publications
- Experience with analysis of methylation, CHIP-seq, RNA-seq, or high throughput single cell sequencing datasets
- Experience with development of bioinformatics pipeline for analysis of next generation sequencing datasets
- Experience with cloud computing environments for data analysis and pipeline development
Salary Ranges:
- Principal Engineer: The expected annual pay range for this position is $199,000 – $270,000.
- Director: The expected annual pay range for this position is $178,000 – $242,000.
Exact compensation and title may vary based on skills and years of experience.
Company Overview:
Moonwalk Biosciences is pioneering a new class of precision epigenetic medicines. Its novel platform technology provides a complete view of the epigenome in health and disease, with the most advanced AI prediction of epigenetic targets, and the broadest set of epigenetic engineering tools. Moonwalk was Co-founded by Alex Aravanis, M.D., Ph.D., former CTO of Illumina, world-renowned scientist Feng Zhang, Ph.D. of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and a distinguished set of industry leaders and company builders. It has raised $57 million led by Alpha Wave Ventures, and joined by other leading life sciences investors ARCH Venture Partners, Future Ventures, GV, Khosla Ventures and YK Bioventures.