Drimva

Insitro

Senior Data Scientist, CompBio

$183K–$194K

South San Francisco, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026

Experience
3+ years of working experience post-graduation.
Education
Ph.D. in computational biology, systems biology, bioengineering, computer science, machine learning, or a related discipline.

About the job

Analyzes multimodal biological data to uncover disease mechanisms, identify therapeutic targets and biomarkers, and guide drug development.

What you'll do

  • Integrate data from microscopy, proteomics, RNA-seq, and human cohorts to generate disease insights and therapeutic hypotheses.
  • Analyze perturbation-screen and other data to identify therapeutic targets and biomarkers.
  • Partner with experimental biologists on study design, assay development, analysis benchmarking, and communication of findings.

What they ask for

  • Ph.D. in computational biology, systems biology, bioengineering, computer science, machine learning, or a related discipline.
  • 3+ years of working experience post-graduation.
  • Hands-on experience with diverse data modalities, including at least one of: single-cell RNA-seq, fluorescence microscopy, spatial proteomics or transcriptomics, or label-free microscopy.
  • Strong programming ability and proficiency with Python scientific packages such as NumPy and pandas.

Pay

$183,000 - $194,000 USD base salary

Tools

microscopy, spatial proteomics, bulk/single-cell RNA-seq, human cohort data, Python, NumPy, pandas

AI focus

Uses machine learning and multimodal biological data to develop predictive disease models, identify therapeutic targets and biomarkers, and inform drug development.

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First seen Oct 27, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)