Senior Scientist, Computational Biology
About the role
Eikon Therapeutics is a new biopharmaceutical company employing revolutionary technology at the intersection of chemistry, engineering, computation, and biology to discover novel treatments for life‑threatening diseases. Eikon’s discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real time, molecular‑resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells, thereby unlocking otherwise intractable classes of proteins as drug targets. We seek a Senior Scientist in Computational Biology to drive diverse early drug discovery efforts across Eikon’s target portfolio. In this key role, the successful applicant will use their rigorous analytical skills in close collaboration with diverse discovery scientists to conceive and evaluate complex, progress‑enabling experiments across our target portfolio. This person will also help shape how Eikon evaluates and adopts novel experimental systems and will partner with colleagues developing quantitative models to ensure that emerging computational methods remain grounded in sound biological reasoning.
Responsibilities
- Drive the development and adoption of novel experimental systems and techniques relevant to Eikon’s target portfolio, collaborating closely with experimental and computational teams across programs
- Develop and apply analytical approaches, statistical methods, and proof‑of‑concept tools to support new experimental strategies
- Analyze multimodal data to evaluate experimental systems, identify enabling insights, and define the limits of interpretation for biological applications
- Apply statistical, biological, and experimental expertise to evaluate complex experiments
- Distill information from diverse sources to reach relevant and testable biological conclusions
Qualifications
- Postdoc Fellowship plus 2 years of relevant experience or PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, or a quantitative field with deep expertise in statistics or method development, plus 5 years of relevant