CareerPlan

Senior Scientist, Computational Biology, Life Science Strategy

Chicago, USFull-time$100k–$160k2026-10-29 → 2026-11-10

Core

Senior scientist leading computational biology and AI initiatives to integrate large-scale molecular and clinical datasets for drug discovery, clinical trial design, and real-world evidence analysis.

Role type

Senior Scientist, Computational Biology & Life Science Strategy

Builds

Actionable insights for drug discovery, clinical trial design, and next-generation research tools

Domain

Life Sciences / Precision Medicine / Oncology / Immunology

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Computational biology, Machine learning, LLMs and agentic frameworks, R and Python, SQL, Statistics and study design, Cancer biology and immunology, Large-scale biological data analysis (NGS, RNA-seq)

Preferred skills

Generative AI configuration, Real-world evidence (RWE), Survival analysis, Causal inference, Drug development lifecycle knowledge

Technologies

R, Python, SQL, LLMs, Copilot, Cursor

Responsibilities

Partner with stakeholders to deliver data insights on biomarkers and clinical development; Execute reproducible analyses integrating genomic, transcriptomic, and clinical data; Incorporate LLMs and AI tools to automate workflows and prototype agentic systems; Evaluate and implement new methods for multi-modal dataset analysis; Collaborate with Research, Clinical, and Engineering teams to build scalable solutions; Communicate complex methods and results to technical and non-technical audiences; Lead projects and mentor junior scientists

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership