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Sr Scientist, Data Science – R&D DSDH – Discovery Biologics

Johnson & Johnson
5 months ago
Remote friendly (Cambridge, MA)
United States
Clinical Research and Development
Sr Scientist, Data Science – R&D DSDH – Discovery Biologics (primary location: Cambridge, MA or Spring House, PA)

Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain Discovery Biologics data pipelines, integrating third-party solutions and ingesting data from external partners.
- Collaborate with data product owners, data scientists, analysts, architects, and other partners to understand data requirements and deliver high-quality solutions enabling Biologics discovery.
- Build integrations with Therapeutics Discovery systems, Discovery data repositories, external partner data ingestion, and adjacent data sources.
- Optimize data workflows for ease of use, performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Monitor and resolve platform issues to ensure timely resolution.

Qualifications:
Required:
- Advanced degree in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.
- Experience applying ML/AI in scientific domains (drug discovery, biology, chemistry, systems biology, or related areas).
- Strong Python skills (preferred) and experience with scientific/ML libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, RDKit, etc.).
- Practical data engineering experience including data modeling, workflow orchestration, ETL/ELT pipelines, and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Ability to work directly with experimental scientists to solve real R&D challenges.

Preferred:
- Life science experience, ideally antibody or protein engineering.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Familiarity integrating data across HPC and/or MLOps tools.
- Less than 10% domestic/international travel.

Benefits (time off):
- Vacation (120 hours/year)
- Sick time (40 hours/year; Colorado 48; Washington 56)
- Holiday pay including Floating Holidays (13 days/year)
- Work, Personal and Family Time (up to 40 hours/year)
- Parental Leave (480 hours within one year of birth/adoption/foster care)
- Bereavement Leave (240 hours immediate family; 40 hours extended family/year)
- Caregiver Leave (80 hours in a 52-week rolling period)
- Volunteer Leave (32 hours/year)
- Military Spouse Time-Off (80 hours/year)