Data Scientist - Vancouver, Canada - AbCellera Biologics

AbCellera Biologics

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Vancouver, Canada

3 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

AbCellera is a young, energetic, and rapidly growing tech company with an amazing team that searches, decodes, and analyzes natural immune systems to find antibodies that its partners can develop into drugs to prevent and treat disease.

We are seeking a highly motivated Data Scientist, well-versed in the analysis of complex biophysical data, to join our dynamic Biochemistry team.

How you might spend your days:

Coordinating with different functional teams, including Data Architecture and Biochemistry groups, to develop strategies for data analysis, curation, storage, presentation and interpretation
Bridging the communication gap between highly technical software engineers and wetlab scientists
Building tools on top of existing data infrastructure that increase efficiency of wetlab scientists
Building automated analysis pipelines for a variety of data types derived from low, medium

- and high-throughput experiments, including UV-VIS, electrophoresis, analytical chromatography, thermostability assays, mass spectrometry, crystallography and cryo electron microscopy

Implementing new feature requests and maintaining these tools (typically in Python), ensuring data integrity, correctness and clarity
Organizing, supporting and collaborating with other team members to meet project deliverables and timelines
Analyzing and presenting data and methods to colleagues and partners

We'd love to hear from you if:

You are passionate about data science and want to work in an interdisciplinary environment
You work best in fast development cycles, and prioritize the needs of the enduser
You thrive in a collaborative environment
You enjoy bringing out the best in your teammates
You enjoy working in a fastpaced work environment with multiple priorities
You take pride in being selfmotivated, a fast learner, a team player and a creative problem solver
You can effectively communicate scientific ideas across disciplines and levels of experience

Required qualifications and experience:

A MSc or BSc in biochemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics or computational biology (or equivalent) with proven experience developing and shipping software to nontechnical users
Strong understanding of objectoriented programming
Strong understanding of relational databases
Proficiency in at least one programming language for analysis and data visualization (Python & SQL preferred)
Background in Biophysics, Biochemistry, or Molecular Biology preferred
Demonstrated ability to create userfriendly software for data analysis and visualization
Excellent communication skills, and the ability to identify key issues and succinctly describe them
Driven to learn and master new technical skills
Excellent documentation and organizational skills
Impeccable attention to detail

Offers & benefits:

The opportunity to work with an inspired team on challenging problems that matter
An attractive compensation package, including health and lifestyle benefits
A minimum of 3 weeks' vacation
Opportunities for personal and professional development

About AbCellera:

At AbCellera, we're solving tough problems and creating innovative solutions from the ground up - custom immunizations, microfluidics, high-throughput imaging, genomics, computation, machine learning and laboratory automation.

We're revolutionizing how our scientists can explore antibodies and the scale at which they can do so. This is life-changing research and you could be a part of it.

You'll join a diverse and multi-disciplinary team of biologists, biochemists, engineers, bioinformaticians, computer scientists and physicists - all working together to bring better therapies to patients.

We're a growing company with a high-throughput pipeline and the drive to be the best in the industry. This isn't just about having the best technology. We know we need a world-class team of visionaries and innovators. We look for people with drive and energy. Idealists. People we love and people we trust. This may be unconventional, but it is the key to our success. We're looking for someone like you to help us get there.

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