Computational - North Chicago, United States - Tellus Solutions

Tellus Solutions
Tellus Solutions
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North Chicago, United States

2 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Mark Lane

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Description

Seeking a highly motivated and driven data scientist to join our Quantitative, Translational & ADME Sciences (QTAS) team in North Chicago, IL.

- drug properties and discovery patterns in ADME datasets. Proficiency in model validation, optimization, and feature engineering is essential to ensure accuracy and robustness in predictions.

  • The role requires effective collaboration with interdisciplinary teams to integrate AI insights into drug development processes. Strong communication skills are necessary to convey complex AI/Client concepts to a diverse audience.

Key Responsibilities:


  • Provide businesscentric support of IT systems and platforms in support of our scientific operations and processes.
  • Develop, implement, troubleshoot and support solutions independently for the digital infrastructure and workflows within QTAS including custom platform/coding solutions, visualization tools, integration of new software/hardware, and analysis and troubleshooting support.
  • Lead the analysis of large ADMErelated datasets, contributing to the understanding and optimization of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion properties.
  • Collaborate with teams across biological sciences and drug discovery to integrate computational insights into practical drug development strategies.
  • Communicate findings and strategic input to crossfunctional teams, including Translational Science, Medicine, and Late Development groups.

Qualifications:


  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Computational Chemistry, or related relevant discipline typically with 5 to 10 (BS) or 2 to 5 (MS) years related industry experience.
  • Strong proficiency in programming (e.g., SQL, Python, R, MATLAB), database technologies (Oracle, mySQL, relational databases; graph databases are a plus), machine learning/deep learning (network architectures are a plus), dimensionality reduction techniques (e.g., PCA), and possible cheminformatics software suites
  • Demonstrated experience in the analysis and visualization of large datasets.
Proficiency in any of the following technologies is valued:
Python (including libraries such as Matplotlib, Seaborn, Plotly, Bokeh), JavaScript, Julia, Java/Scala, or R (including Shiny).

  • Comfortable working in cloud and highperformance computational environments (e.g., AWS and Oracle Cloud)
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in interdisciplinary teams.
  • Understanding of pharma R&D process and challenges in drug discovery is preferred.
  • Proven ability to work in a team environment; ability to work well in a collaborative fastpaced team environment.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to convey IT related notions to crossdisciplinary scientists.
  • Thorough theoretical and practical understanding of own scientific discipline
  • Background and/or experience in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, biology, or chemistry fields is preferred.

Key Leadership Competencies:


  • Builds strong relationships with peers and crossfunctionally with partners outside of team to enable higher performance.
  • Learns fast, grasps the "essence " and can change course quickly where indicated.
  • Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo.
  • Creates a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement.
  • Embraces the ideas of others, nurtures innovation and manages innovation to reality.

Job Types:
Full-time, Contract


Pay:
$63.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.00 per week


Benefits:


  • 401(k)
  • 401(k)
matching

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift

Ability to Relocate:

  • North Chicago, IL: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
In person
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