Senior/Staff Data Scientist, Biobot Analytics
Wastewater Target Analytics
$115-170k
Public health analytics powered by wastewater
Job no longer available
Public health analytics powered by wastewater
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$115-170k
101-200 employees
Company mission
Biobot Analytics develops cutting-edge technology to transform sewers into public health observatories.
Role
Who you are
- PhD in a relevant field (e.g. computer science, statistics, bioengineering, cheminformatics, computational biology). (We will also consider candidates with equivalent terminal degrees or non-PhD candidates with 5+ years of additional experience.)
- 2+ years of post-PhD experience (industry strongly preferred)
- 3+ years analyzing and visualizing biological, chemical, or epidemiological data
- Experience in machine learning, statistical, and other data science methods for both large and small datasets, for example advanced regression, classification, and dimensionality reduction
- Experience quickly developing new models and visualizations
- Highly collaborative; enthusiastic about rapid prototyping and feedback on a small team
- Proficiency in Python (or R with willingness to rapidly learn Python); experienced with version control and other good coding practices
- Education and/or Work Experience Bonuses (What will help you succeed):
- Experience analyzing multi-omics data (especially genomics and/or high-resolution mass spectrometry)
- Familiarity with public health (wastewater epidemiology is a bonus!)
- Strong oral and written communicator, able to communicate complex analyses to non-scientific audiences
- Experience with SQL and with Snowflake or other data warehouse tools
- Strong record of publications and/or patents
- Experience leading projects and mentoring other team members
- Experience with cloud-based and containerized computing (e.g. AWS, docker)
- Creativity in identifying and wrangling new data sources
What the job involves
- Analyze Biobot's wastewater data, including qPCR/digital PCR, metagenomics, and mass spectrometry data
- Identify the most important analytical problems in wastewater data. Develop novel machine learning models and algorithms to address these problems and to draw new insights from Biobot's wastewater data
- Execute on analyses efficiently and progressively, building team-wide conviction about results and their implications
- Turn models and analyses into prototype features/visualizations (using infrastructure such as our data warehouse), and pass these off to the product & development teams for further refinement
Our take
Public health analytics are vital for preventing and tackling some of society's biggest challenges, including disease and opioid addiction. Biobot solves this problem by analyzing waste water.
Biobot's founding team boasts experience in both architecture and science, which has shaped its technology considerably. The company was founded in 2017, and initially focused on the opioid epidemic, collecting wastewater data to give a more accurate insight into the issue. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Biobot saw its technology used for a wider variety of applications. This was a solid test of the company's adaptability and scalability.
Biobot's main challenge will be competing with traditional forms of public health data analysis. However, its approach offers an unbiased and completely anonymized means of monitoring public health, infectious diseases and drug use. This will likely give Biobot an edge as it seeks to expand into new territories.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2024
$30m
EARLY VC
Nov 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $56.5m
Company benefits
- Free medical, dental & vision insurance for employees and their families, including a $0 deductible medical plan
- Unlimited PTO with 3 week minimum
- 12 weeks parental leave at 100% pay
- 3% Biobot 401k contribution
- $500 home office stipend for remote employees
- Free parking + commuter benefits
- Free meals for lab employees
Company HQ
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
Leadership
Mariana Matus
(CEO)Was a Research Intern at the University of Cambridge, and a PhD Researcher at MIT.
Newsha Ghaeli
(President)Started out as a Junior Architect at Carlo Ratti Associati, and was Research Associate & Project Lead at MIT Senseable City Lab. Is a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund.
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