Staff Computational Biologist

About the role

We are seeking an exceptional Staff Computational Biologist to drive the next generation of software and data products supporting Target Identification and Prioritization across our research organization.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for Target ID software.
• Gather and prioritize scientific requirements from internal users.
• Translate use cases into technical specifications for engineering teams.
• Rapidly prototype computational solutions using Python.
• Develop and maintain internal packages, reproducible workflows, and APIs.
• Establish documentation, onboarding materials, and best practices for internal platform usage.
• Lead cross-functional project execution (data engineering, software engineering).
• Follow good engineering practices (i.e. CI/CD, predictable demo cadence, etc.).

Requirements

• Bachelor's/ Master's degree in relevant field (computational biology, bioinformatics, systems biology, computer science) or equivalent relevant education and experience.
• 6+ years industry experience in computational biology or data-driven discovery; minimum 1 years’ experience in software engineering and data engineering teams.
• Proficiency working with programming languages Python, and R, modern development frameworks and developing internal packages.
• Experience with omics/translational data analysis, scalable ETL pipelines, data modeling, and associated QC.
• 1+ years’ experience leading complex projects as product owner.
• Experience supporting target identification, prioritization, or multi-modal analysis.

Qualifications

• Nice to have...
• Experience with dashboard development (e.g. Shiny, Dash, Streamlit, React, Veu.js).
• Understanding of cloud-native tools and modern data platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Familiarity with the drug discovery and development process is a plus.

Benefits

Remote Salary Range: $165,750—$195,000 USD CA Salary Range: $195,585—$230,100 USD

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Valo Health currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits.