Isomorphic Labs is a new Alphabet company that is reimagining drug discovery through a computational- and AI-first approach. We are on a mission to accelerate the speed, increase the efficacy and lower the cost of drug discovery. Come and be part of a multi-disciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards achieving ambitious goals, while being a part of an inspiring, collaborative and entrepreneurial culture.
We are looking for a Bioinformatics Engineering lead to join our Data Engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a greenfield ML-based software platform and ambitious Computational Biology research programme that will transform the biopharmaceutical world. As a Bioinformatics Engineering Lead, you will lead a small team of bioinformaticians and software engineers, provide technical guidance, own the team’s roadmap, contribute to hiring and goals setting, ensure project success, and work with other engineers and scientists to build Iso’s platform, applying AI to biological systems. You will also design, develop, optimize, and maintain bioinformatics pipelines for the ingestion, management, and analysis of biological datasets, perform data analysis and data quality assurance, and contribute to the wider development of Iso’s data and computational platform. Essential qualifications include proven leadership experience, extensive experience in bioinformatics, strong programming and software engineering skills, knowledge of data management tools and technologies, and experience architecting and building scalable data systems in a cloud computing environment. A MSc degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or a related technical field is required, and a PhD in a related field is a plus. If you are thoughtful, brave, determined, and value creating an inclusive company, we encourage you to apply. Hybrid working model is followed, requiring you to be able to come into the office 3 days a week (currently Tue, Wed, and one other day depending on which team you’re in).
Responsibilities:
- Lead a small team of bioinformaticians and software engineers
- Work with other engineers and scientists to build Iso’s platform, applying AI to biological systems
- Design, develop, optimise and maintain bioinformatics pipelines for the ingestion, management and analysis of biological datasets
- Perform data analysis and data quality assurance according to best practices
- Design and develop representations, models and computational modules for biological data, optimised for AI research and production
- Contribute to the wider development of Iso’s data and computational platform, working with other engineers to architect, build and operate the platform’s components
- Work with other members of the data engineering team to ensure the quality and integrity of data and pipelines
- Partner and collaborate with a diverse set of teams including Computational Biology, ML research, product, business development and operations
- Provide documentation, guidance and communication on bioinformatics to the wider organisation
