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Job Description – Genomics Data Scientist/Bioinformatician
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Reporting to: Dr Marcin Pawlowski, CTO

RowAnalytics is aiming to transform the delivery of healthcare – making the next generation of precision medicine, digital health, AI and smart IoT solutions much more personalized to improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of keeping people well. We specialize in multi-dimensional and hyper-combinatorial data in life science and healthcare. Our precision.life platform powers massive disease population studies, identifying novel associations of multiple genomic, phenotypic and clinical factors with disease risk and therapy response, along with semantic search and complex decision support systems. We’re a small but rapidly growing complex data analytics and AI company with global ambition, and partnerships with some of the largest international companies and research institutes. We’re headquartered in Kidlington, UK, with new offices in Copenhagen, Warsaw and Boston, MA, and were founded by a diverse team of highly experienced life science, healthcare, AI and computer science leaders.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Bioinformatician to join our Genomics Data Science team in Warsaw. We are looking for someone who is comfortable working as a quantitative researcher identifying and interpreting novel correlations within large, multi-dimensional life science and healthcare datasets. These will include functional and clinical genomics as well as deep phenotypic data such as imaging, longitudinal electronic medical records, clinical assays and other data types. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in creating insight and value from complex data, a good knowledge of biology and a passion for identifying and answering questions that help us solve real-world problems and build the best products.

Responsibilities
Solving real-world problems by using appropriate statistical, AI/machine learning and constraint logic techniques on available data
Performing biological interpretation of results produced by bioinformatic and AI tools
Driving the collection, cleaning and verification of new data and the refinement of existing data sources
Analyzing, interpreting and communicating the results of customer projects and internal product experiments
Testing new algorithms and products and working closely with product designers and engineers to identify and answer important product questions

Requirements
M.S. or Ph.D. in bioinformatics or closely related field, or 3+ years’ experience in a relevant role
Extensive experience solving genome analysis problems using analytical workflow approaches
Performing biological interpretation of results produced by bioinformatic and AI tools
Experience creating bioinformatic tools in order to conduct biomedical research.
Proficiency with the use of publicly available data repositories (i.e. NCBI, Ensembl, EMBL, and DDBJ)
Proficiency with the systems biology tools like: Cytoscape, Copasi, SBML or CellDesigner
Knowledge of systems biology, pharmacology, oncology, immunology, genomics would be a strong plus
Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data using a range of statistical, AI and Machine Learning techniques
A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard biomedical questions with data
A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision
Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
Expert knowledge of a complex data analysis tool such as R, Matlab, Octave or SAS
Fluency with at least one scripting language, ideally Python
Familiarity with relational databases & SQL and/or non-SQL systems such as MongoDB/OrientDB would be an advantage
Experience working with large NGS data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools and systems such as AWS would be a plus

Key Attributes
Good communication and presentation skills including in English
Good team working skills and confidence to make suggestions
Ability to work well under pressure, while paying attention to detail and accuracy
Strong customer service focus and the ability to build strong relationships
Flexible approach to working
Personal integrity and discretion

What We Offer
Competitive salary with performance related bonuses
Full time job contract
Stock Options (subject to qualifying), thus we do not offer B2B contract
Company pension scheme
26 days annual leave (pro rata)
Excellent career development opportunities in a fast-growing international organisation

We follow EU right to work employment checks and you will therefore need to satisfy basic eligibility criteria/certain conditions of employment (e.g. nationality rules/right to work); and provide appropriate original documentation to verify ID, nationality, employment and/or academic history.
No applications will be accepted via recruitment companies.
RowAnalytics is committed to equal opportunities.
To learn more, visit http://precision.life

To apply please send your CV to
marcin@rowanalytics.com