Job Description:
Finch is looking for a database developer to support the collection, organization, and mining of clinical and experimental data. You will help build our data analytics platform by working closely with bench scientists, computational biologists, and study coordinators as part of a multifunctional team in support of a microbial therapeutics development platform. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
Additional Info:
About Finch Therapeutics: Finch Therapeutics is unlocking the therapeutic potential of the microbiome via our human-first drug discovery platform. We support clinical studies that intentionally manipulate the microbiome to investigate causality in diseases that are otherwise poorly understood, then leverage this clinical data to focus our in vitro and in vivo efforts on cocktails of microbes that have already demonstrated safety and efficacy in humans. Using high-throughput molecular data these human and ex-vivo experiments, we identify specific strains that drive clinical phenotypes and responses to microbial therapies. Our team values transparency, integrity, humility, and collaboration, and we intend to have fun while maximizing our ability to make an impact on patients’ lives. We are searching for passionate teammates eager to support this mission. Application Instructions: We are growing quickly and prefer candidates who can start immediately. To apply, please go to http://finchtherapeutics.com/jobs to submit your cover letter and resume. Promising candidates will be contacted to further evaluate their fit for this role and our organization. Authorization to work in the US required. No visa sponsorship is possible. Here at Finch, we strive to create the best work environment and experience for you through our formal benefits programs and fringe perks. Combined, we hope that we'll create a fun & supportive environment in and out of the workplace as we strive to create a new class of therapeutics together to impact patients. Our formal benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield in addition to life insurance and short-term disability policies. We offer discretionary and flexible paid time off policies and should you choose to start a family while working at Finch, we aspire to lead our peers in offering several months of paid parental leave. We also offer a generous non-discretionary 401K contribution to help teammates save for life beyond Finch in the future and other savings and investment opportunities. We also try to keep the workplace an inspiring and motivating place to work with our fringe perks . Our new facilities in Somerville, MA include an in-office gym with a shower and towel service, fully stocked kitchen with free snacks & foods, iced coffee & flavored and still waters on tap, highly subsidized meals through LeanBox, and free lunches on Fridays. We offer a discount to a local gym (Brooklyn Boulders) and sponsor ride-sharing to & from the office from preset locations around Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville. We are always evaluating this fringe perks and hope to grow them alongside our team. Job Type: Full-time[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
Finch is looking for a database developer to support the collection, organization, and mining of clinical and experimental data. You will help build our data analytics platform by working closely with bench scientists, computational biologists, and study coordinators as part of a multifunctional team in support of a microbial therapeutics development platform. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Design and build databases for clinical sample data and tracking, high-throughput biological data and scientific analyses currently stored in flat files
- Collate, structure, clean, and support mining/analysis of unstructured clinical metadata from diverse sources (internet, clinicians, etc)
- Run, test, streamline, optimize, and parallelize scientific pipelines/algorithms
- Learn to maintain and improve our AWS cloud computing infrastructure, spearheading systems administration
- Other new challenges to grow your skillset and our platform
- Previous experience developing database architecture
- Demonstrated ability to programmatically organize and tidy data for subsequent mining
- B.S. in CS, Bioinformatics, software engineering, or related field
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Experience with linux cluster computing environments
- Ability to work independently, balancing multiple responsibilities and responding to changing priorities in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Eager to work collaboratively in a team and to both give and receive feedback to support professional development for self and others
- Passion, humility, and excitement for doing whatever it takes to drive research forward
- Familiarity with cloud computing, in particular AWS autoscaling EC2 clusters with CFN
- Linux systems administration experience
- Facility with big data visualization, especially with R or python matplotlib
- Strong understanding of machine learning and/or mathematics, particularly statistics
- Experience doing biological software development or bioinformatics experience
Requeriments :
Skills :
- Bioinformatics
- Biology
- Cloud Computing
- Database design
- Lunix/Unix
- Machine Learning
- Mathematics
- Programing in Python
- Programming in R
- Software Design
- Statistics
Areas :
Additional Info:
About Finch Therapeutics: Finch Therapeutics is unlocking the therapeutic potential of the microbiome via our human-first drug discovery platform. We support clinical studies that intentionally manipulate the microbiome to investigate causality in diseases that are otherwise poorly understood, then leverage this clinical data to focus our in vitro and in vivo efforts on cocktails of microbes that have already demonstrated safety and efficacy in humans. Using high-throughput molecular data these human and ex-vivo experiments, we identify specific strains that drive clinical phenotypes and responses to microbial therapies. Our team values transparency, integrity, humility, and collaboration, and we intend to have fun while maximizing our ability to make an impact on patients’ lives. We are searching for passionate teammates eager to support this mission. Application Instructions: We are growing quickly and prefer candidates who can start immediately. To apply, please go to http://finchtherapeutics.com/jobs to submit your cover letter and resume. Promising candidates will be contacted to further evaluate their fit for this role and our organization. Authorization to work in the US required. No visa sponsorship is possible. Here at Finch, we strive to create the best work environment and experience for you through our formal benefits programs and fringe perks. Combined, we hope that we'll create a fun & supportive environment in and out of the workplace as we strive to create a new class of therapeutics together to impact patients. Our formal benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield in addition to life insurance and short-term disability policies. We offer discretionary and flexible paid time off policies and should you choose to start a family while working at Finch, we aspire to lead our peers in offering several months of paid parental leave. We also offer a generous non-discretionary 401K contribution to help teammates save for life beyond Finch in the future and other savings and investment opportunities. We also try to keep the workplace an inspiring and motivating place to work with our fringe perks . Our new facilities in Somerville, MA include an in-office gym with a shower and towel service, fully stocked kitchen with free snacks & foods, iced coffee & flavored and still waters on tap, highly subsidized meals through LeanBox, and free lunches on Fridays. We offer a discount to a local gym (Brooklyn Boulders) and sponsor ride-sharing to & from the office from preset locations around Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville. We are always evaluating this fringe perks and hope to grow them alongside our team. Job Type: Full-time[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]