Computational Scientist, Neuroscience

Our Mission

Our mission is to restore cell health and resilience through cell rejuvenation to reverse disease, injury, and the disabilities that can occur throughout life.

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Diversity at Altos

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What You Will Contribute To Altos

An exciting opportunity to work with a highly collaborative, fast-paced team focused on reversing brain aging. This position will bridge computational analysis of large omic datasets to identify optimal therapeutic targets.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage ‘omics analysis systems pipelines for scientific analysis, and machine learning workflows in an integrated, usable framework.
• Lead studies for target optimization for brain rejuvenation.
• Understand scientists' needs across a wide range of scientific disciplines by collaborating with both users and software engineers.
• Bridge the communication gap between experimental scientists, algorithm developers and software deployers.
• Demonstrate software engineering skills to develop reliable, scalable, performant distributed systems in a cloud environment.

Who You Are

The level of the position will depend on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD in Neuroscience/Computer Science/Biomedical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with one or more programming languages commonly used for large-scale data management and machine learning, such as Python, C++, Scala, Julia, etc.
• Previous experience with ‘omics data
• Experience applying software engineering practices in a scientific environment, or another environment with similar characteristics.
• Ability to present technical datasets to wide-audience.
• Proven publication and presentation track record.
• Excited to design, implement, and effectively communicate technical and cultural standards across scientific and technical functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bioinformatics data processing and analysis.
• Neuroscience background

The salary range for Redwood City, CA:

• Scientist I: $141,950 - $192,050
• Scientist II: $167,000 - $242,400
• Senior Scientist I: $202,000 - $270,000
• Senior Scientist II: $225,000 - $294,000

Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

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What We Want You To Know

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