Data Lead, AI/ML (BHN - NY) chez Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network · New York, États-Unis d'Amérique · Onsite
- Professional
- Bureau à New York
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network (https://www.czbiohub.org/) is a group of nonprofit research institutes that bring together scientists, engineers, and physicians with the goal of pursuing grand scientific challenges on 10- to 15-year time horizons. The CZ Biohub Network focuses on understanding underlying mechanisms of disease and developing new technologies that will lead to actionable diagnostics and effective therapies.
Our Vision
- We pursue large scientific challenges that cannot be pursued in conventional environments
- We enable individual investigators to pursue their riskiest and most innovative ideas
- The technologies developed at the CZ Biohub Network facilitate research by scientists and clinicians at our home institutions and beyond
Diversity of thought, ideas, and perspectives are at the heart of CZ Biohub Network and enable disruptive innovation and scholarly excellence. We are committed to cultivating an organization where all colleagues feel inspired and know their work makes an important contribution.
The Opportunity
The Biohub Network is seeking an accomplished computational biologist, biological data expert and machine learning/AI specialist to join our interdisciplinary team. This role requires experience in research settings, a background in biology, and a proven ability to design, evaluate, and publish innovative computational methodologies that leverage machine learning, statistics, language modelling, and AI to advance biological research and discovery. Research projects to accelerate the rate of scientific discovery will be assigned by the AI Platform group, and in collaboration with research teams across the organization.
The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of accomplishments and a dedication to collaborative work within a highly interdisciplinary environment.
This role is based out of the New York location.
What You'll Do
- Contribute to a dynamic, innovative, and collaborative program that aligns with the mission of CZ Biohub NY.
- Develop and implement strategies to incorporate relevant available datasets to develop predictive models, as well as organize internal and external datasets to promote efficient research cycles.
- Collaborate within an interdisciplinary research environment to develop, test, share and validate datasets and models that contribute to the overall goals of the NY Biohub.
- Develop software and tools to enable visibility and usability of a large and multi modal set of datasets.
- Engage with colleagues throughout the Biohub to uphold our values of scholarly excellence, innovation, open communication, hands-on hacking, and partnership.
- Communicate progress and results with colleagues inside and outside of your team.
- Publish and disseminate impactful findings through preprints (medRxiv, bioRxiv) and/or software repositories (e.g., GitHub).
What You'll Bring
Essential –
- PhD in Computational Biology, AI / Machine learning, Biology, Applied Statistics or a MS plus relevant job experience.
- Experience with and understanding of enterprise software and distributed cloud computing environments.
- Outstanding organizational and communication skills within a software or engineering related organization.
- Background in relevant areas of biomedical science, demonstrating a deep understanding of cellular biology, transcription or protein signal transduction.
- 1-3 years of post-doctoral and/or industry experience demonstrating the ability to implement, evaluate, and create new computational methodologies that leverage machine learning, statistics, and AI for biological research and discovery.
- Experience in building and evaluating machine learning and/or neural network models on biological data is desired.
- Proven track record of individual innovation, as well as a strong ability to work collaboratively.
- Demonstrated commitment to open science and alignment with the mission and values of CZ Biohub.
Compensation
The New York City, NY base pay range for this role is Research Scientist II: $169,000 - $211,000.00. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process.
What We Provide
- Resources to disrupt and innovate at the frontiers of our knowledge of biology and disease
- An environment where nothing is considered impossible, where bold and creative thinking are the norm, and where a collaborative culture allows teams of people from multiple disciplines to accomplish more than any single person can achieve alone
- Access to collaborators, resources and facilities across the CZ Biohub Network, including at CZ Biohub New York, CZ Biohub Chicago, CZ Biohub San Francisco, and the Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging
- Competitive compensation and benefits commensurate with experience
If you’re interested in a role but your previous experience doesn’t perfectly align with each qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.
Benefits
We offer a robust benefits program that enables the important work Biohubbers do everyday. Our benefits include healthcare coverage, life and disability insurance, commuter subsidies, family planning services with fertility care, childcare stipend, 401(k) match, flexible time off and a generous parental leave policy. In addition, we honor our commitment to career development and our value of scholarly excellence through regular onsite opportunities to learn from the world's leading scientists.
The CZ Biohub Network is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity of thought, ideas and perspectives. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive organization where all Biohubbers feel inspired and know their work makes an important contribution. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.
Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. The CZ Biohub Network does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. The CZ Biohub Network will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with the CZ Biohub Network.
