Data Scientist

Location and working model

• The role can be based in Oxford or London and is described as hybrid.
• The working environment includes London and Oxford offices.

Mission and role purpose

Core responsibilities

• Identify new uses of functional genomics, perturbation screens, molecular profiles, expression atlases, annotations, pathways, and interaction resources.
• Implement production-quality processing, transformation, and quality-control code for new data types.
• Contribute to robust, validated, and reproducible statistical and machine learning methods.
• Contribute to presentations and publications and maintain current genomics and statistical genetics knowledge.

Senior-level scope

• At IC3 level, lead projects integrating multiple functional genomics and genetic data sources.
• At IC3 level, coordinate with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver value.

Essential qualifications

• Strong human genetics and functional or clinical genomics knowledge applied to research questions.
• Skill analysing large-scale biological datasets with statistical and machine learning methods.
• Experience processing and interpreting functional genomics and related biological resources, including quality control.
• Competence writing Python and/or R for data analysis with awareness of good software development practice.

Preferred qualifications

• Appropriate use of LLM programming assistants in research analysis.
• Experience with scalable Linux HPC or cloud workflows, collaborative codebases, version control, and CI/CD.
• Experience with remote cloud environments such as AWS.
• Prior team or industry experience.
• PhD or postgraduate degree in a relevant genetics, genomics, computational biology, bioinformatics, statistics, or machine learning field.

Compensation and growth

• The employer describes externally benchmarked competitive salaries, a clear progression framework, and continuous learning resources.

Wellbeing and time off

• Benefits include holiday allowance, company shutdown, pension, private health insurance, critical illness and life assurance, and enhanced paid family leave.

Culture and environment

• The company describes inclusive working practices, flexible hybrid work, social activities, and cycle-to-work support.