# Data Scientist (Open Level)

**Company**: Formation Bio
**Location**: Boston, MA; New York, NY
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $161,500 - $267,000
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Formation Bio is seeking a Data Scientist to revolutionize drug development through AI and advanced analytics. As a Data Scientist, you will lead crucial initiatives that directly impact the company's drug development portfolio, from developing sophisticated models for patient selection to creating AI-powered solutions for clinical trial optimization.

Responsibilities:

- Lead and execute complex data science projects that directly advance the company's drug development portfolio

- Develop and implement sophisticated models for therapeutic hypothesis evaluation, including patient stratification and biomarker identification

- Design and create AI models for modernizing clinical trial evaluations, including surrogate endpoints

- Aid in the development and training of AI agents to automate and optimize biomedical workflows

- Collaborate cross-functionally with clinical, technical, and research teams

- Present complex analytical findings to senior stakeholders, including executive leadership

Requirements:

- PhD in computational sciences or life sciences

- 3-5+ years of post-academic experience in life sciences (biotech, pharma, consulting)

- Strong programming skills, particularly in Python

- Extensive experience in multi-modal bioinformatics analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

- Proven expertise in cloud computing environments, including proficiency with tabular and/or graph databases

- Strong background in machine learning and deep learning, particularly in biological applications

- Experience with large language models (LLM)

- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams on production systems

- Strong communication skills with proven ability to present complex technical findings to senior stakeholders

The total compensation range for this position is $161,500 - $267,000. The company offers equity, comprehensive benefits, and generous perks.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- bioinformatics analysis
- computational sciences
- life sciences

### Nice to have
- cloud computing
- machine learning
- deep learning
- large language models
- biological applications

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