Senior Life Sciences Data Specialist

3 weeks ago

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom BenchSci Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Life Sciences Data Specialist to join our Product & Science Team at BenchSci. This role will be responsible for developing and managing ontologies to enhance data integration and support AI-driven drug discovery processes.

Job Description
  • Develop and manage ontologies to integrate diverse biomedical data sources, ensuring high-quality and comprehensive coverage.
  • Work with Engineering to develop and deliver a data integration plan that guarantees interoperability and seamless integration of diverse biomedical data.
  • Collaborate with Engineering in defining the data strategy that ensures BenchSci's ontology retains a high degree of connectivity enabling traversal and reasoning over our data by leveraging mid to high level ontologies and interoperability-enabling xref metadata.
  • Advise Engineering colleagues on the evolution of our internal data model to ensure we minimise semantic lossiness when mapping entity types and predicates from third party ontologies to BenchSci's proprietary ontology.
  • Implement and oversee quality by design principles to maintain the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of BenchSci's ontological data.
  • Provide training and support to internal teams on ontological principles, design, development and best practices.
Requirements
  • A minimum of a Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Biology, Computer Science, Information Science, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of industry experience in ontology development and management, particularly in biotechnology or life sciences.
  • Proficiency in ontology languages (e.g., Protégé), ontology query language (SPARQL, cypher, SQL, GQL), and some familiarity with relevant programming languages (e.g., Python).
  • Familiarity with ontology reasoning tools, particularly in the biology domain (e.g., li>
  • Experience with applying these tools for tasks like classification and consistency checking in biomedical ontologies.
  • A solid understanding of graph validation concepts, including SHACL (Shapes Constraint Language), to ensure data integrity and compliance within ontological frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of biological concepts and terminologies and a deep understanding of biomedical ontologies (e.g., li>
  • Ability to analyse complex data and develop logical, ontological structures.
  • High accuracy and attention to detail in managing and curating biological ontological data.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities to address data integration and interoperability challenges.
  • Deep industry knowledge and awareness of current trends and advancements in biotechnology and life sciences.
  • Ability to adapt to evolving technologies and methodologies in ontology and biotechnology.
Benefits
  • An engaging remote-first culture.
  • A great compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options, estimated to be around $120,000 - $180,000 per year.
  • A robust vacation policy plus an additional vacation day every year.
  • Company closures for 14 more days throughout the year.
  • Flex time for sick days, personal days, and religious holidays.
  • Comprehensive health and dental benefits.
  • Annual learning & development budget.
  • A one-time home office set-up budget to use upon joining BenchSci.
  • An annual lifestyle spending account allowance.
  • Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options.
  • The ability to save for your retirement coupled with a company match.
About Us

BenchSci's mission is to exponentially increase the speed and quality of life-saving research and development. We empower scientists to run more successful experiments with the world's most advanced, biomedical artificial intelligence software platform.

Backed by Generation Investment Management, TCV, Inovia, F-Prime, Golden Ventures, and Google's AI fund, Gradient Ventures, we provide an indispensable tool for scientists that accelerates research at 16 top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,300 leading academic centers.

Our Culture

BenchSci relentlessly builds on its strong foundation of culture. Our culture fosters transparency, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We believe that improving diversity, equity and inclusion is our collective responsibility, and this belief guides our DEI journey.

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