Perthera, Inc., based in McLean, Virginia, USA, is a life science AI company creating precision medicine technology to capture the molecular and demographic factors fueling cancers and matching them to the most effective treatments for a specific patient.
* Develop and implement novel algorithms for matching patients with drugs based on multi-omic (genomic, proteomic, and phosphoproteomic) and clinicopathologic data
* Work closely with the technology team to architect, develop, maintain, and document computational infrastructure for large-scale omics data management, analysis, and interpretation using high-performance computing resources (e.g. Amazon Web Services)
* Expertise in computational biology and data science techniques, including network-based pathway analysis, advanced statistical analysis, deep learning, and machine learning tools for prediction/regression/classification
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A solid understanding of biological pathways and the hallmarks of cancer is highly desirable
The ideal candidate will be comfortable adapting to new technologies, participating in fast-paced development cycles and prioritizing tasks in a rapidly evolving start-up environment, creative, self-driven and work independently, be an excellent communicator and coordinator for specific projects within a matrix organization, passionate about improving clinical outcomes, transforming big data into useful knowledge, solving complex problems with innovative solutions in the precision medicine industry.