Formation Bio
Data Scientist (Open Level)
$162K–$267K
Boston, MA +3 · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- Boston, MA
New York, NY
116 Huntington Ave., Back Bay, Boston, MA, 02116
16 E 34th St., New York City, NY, 10016 - Experience
- 3-5+ years of post-academic experience in life sciences (biotech, pharma, consulting).
- Education
- PhD in computational sciences or life sciences.
About the job
Leads data science initiatives that use biological data, machine learning, and AI to improve drug development and clinical trials.
What you'll do
- Develop models for therapeutic hypothesis evaluation, patient stratification, and biomarker identification.
- Create AI models for clinical trial evaluation and help train AI agents to automate biomedical workflows.
- Collaborate with clinical, technical, and research teams and present findings to senior stakeholders.
What they ask for
- PhD in computational sciences or life sciences.
- 3-5+ years of post-academic experience in life sciences (biotech, pharma, consulting).
- Strong programming skills, particularly in Python.
- Extensive experience in multi-modal bioinformatics analysis.
Nice to have
- Cloud computing proficiency, including tabular and/or graph databases; machine learning and deep learning in biological applications.
- Experience with large language models (LLM) and collaborating with engineering teams on production systems.
Pay
$161,500 - $267,000 (total compensation; currency not stated)
Tools
Python
AI focus
Develops AI models for therapeutic hypothesis evaluation and clinical trial optimization, and helps train AI agents to automate and optimize biomedical workflows.
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