Senior Bioinformatician - Bioinformatics & Biostatistics This is a full-time permanent position on Crick terms and conditions of employment. Summary The Francis Crick Institute seeks to recruit a collaborative and self-motivated Senior Bioinformatician with extensive experience analysing biological data in a research environment. In this position, you will be working within a talented and dynamic bioinformatics team where you can apply your bioinformatics skills to technology-driven research questions across the broad range of human health research activities found at the Crick. The successful applicant will have a proven track record in collaborative academic research, including statistical analysis and interpretation of large, complex datasets. You should possess an MSc with experience or a PhD in bioinformatics or molecular biology-based research with a large computational component. Significant experience across a range of high-throughput sequencing methods and common analysis workflows is necessary. Project summary In this role, you will collaborate with Francis Crick scientists to analyse data from the latest, cutting-edge genomic sequencing technologies. As part of a large team of expert bioinformaticians, biostatisticians and data scientists, you will work closely with the scientific groups to generate, interpret and explain analysis results to help drive forward discovery. In particular, you will have the opportunity to be more deeply involved in this process through collaborative work with the Bauer lab. You will input on the experimental and analysis design process, build bespoke analysis pipelines using the latest analysis methods, publish work in collaboration with the scientific groups and help develop others through mentoring. Key responsibilities Provide bioinformatics expertise to help Francis Crick scientists achieve their research objectives. Provide expertise to inform on the experimental and analysis design process. Analyse complex genomic data, using a wide range of biological resources and bioinformatic methods to deliver on complex bespoke analysis goals. Interpret, evaluate and apply novel analysis approaches to build bespoke analysis pipelines to solve analysis questions. Apply analysis expertise to help scientists interpret results and make research decisions. Work closely with David Bauer's group to provide data analysis expertise to help deliver on their research objectives Provide bioinformatics support and coaching to members of David's team. Work independently at all points of the data analysis workflow. Help to develop others by mentoring and sharing expertise and experience. Help to support and develop group project management and reporting procedures. Continue professional development through maintaining awareness of developments in the wider bioinformatics and research communities. Participate and contribute to Crick meetings, workshops and seminars. Publish where appropriate. Key experience and competencies The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values: bold, imaginative, open, dynamic and collegial, in addition to the following: Essential Qualifications, experience and competencies: A degree in a relevant subject with an extensive analytical component e.g. bioinformatics, statistics, molecular biology or mathematics. Significant experience with varied types of high-throughput sequencing data and analysis. A good understanding and experience of working with multiple sequencing applications. Experience applying bioinformatics to multiple concurrent projects in a collaborative biological research environment to provide publication-quality analysis results to researchers. Excellent scientific analysis skills. Significant experience in R or Python with a track record of developing programs and scripts conforming to common coding standards. Experience in applying expertise to the experimental and analysis design process. The ability to work independently at all aspects of the analysis project workflow. Experience in mentoring and sharing expertise with others. The ability to organise and prioritise workload within a project management framework. Knowledge of molecular and cellular biology. Excellent scientific communication skills within a research environment, building highly effective working relationships with the team and customers. Desirable Qualifications, experience and competencies: Familiarity with viral genomics. Familiarity with the application of statistical techniques to biological data. Excellent computational skills applied to HPC, big data, software development and web technologies. Knowledge of Unix and HPC batch scheduling systems (e.g. SLURM). Experience in building and deploying pipelines (e.g. Nextflow) for data science. Understanding of software development processes and management. Experience with long-read sequencing (e.g. Nanopore) and data analysis. Knowledge of other research areas relevant to Crick research. Experience in teaching bioinformatics. If you require a visa to work in the UK we will help support your application should you be successful. Find out what benefits the Crick has to offer: For more information on our great pay and benefits package please click here: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, pregnancy, age, disability, or civil partnership, marital or family status. We particularly welcome applications from people who are Minority Ethnic as they are currently underrepresented in the Crick at this level. Diversity is essential to excellence in scientific endeavour. It increases breadth and perspective, leading to more innovation and creativity. We want the Crick to be a place where everyone feels valued and where diversity is celebrated and seen as part of the foundation for our Institute's success. The Crick is committed to creating equality of opportunity and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We all share in the responsibility to actively promote dignity, respect, inclusivity and equal treatment and it is our aim to ensure that these principles are reflected and implemented in all strategies, policies and practices. Read more on our website:
May 15, 2024
Full time
Senior Bioinformatician - Bioinformatics & Biostatistics This is a full-time permanent position on Crick terms and conditions of employment. Summary The Francis Crick Institute seeks to recruit a collaborative and self-motivated Senior Bioinformatician with extensive experience analysing biological data in a research environment. In this position, you will be working within a talented and dynamic bioinformatics team where you can apply your bioinformatics skills to technology-driven research questions across the broad range of human health research activities found at the Crick. The successful applicant will have a proven track record in collaborative academic research, including statistical analysis and interpretation of large, complex datasets. You should possess an MSc with experience or a PhD in bioinformatics or molecular biology-based research with a large computational component. Significant experience across a range of high-throughput sequencing methods and common analysis workflows is necessary. Project summary In this role, you will collaborate with Francis Crick scientists to analyse data from the latest, cutting-edge genomic sequencing technologies. As part of a large team of expert bioinformaticians, biostatisticians and data scientists, you will work closely with the scientific groups to generate, interpret and explain analysis results to help drive forward discovery. In particular, you will have the opportunity to be more deeply involved in this process through collaborative work with the Bauer lab. You will input on the experimental and analysis design process, build bespoke analysis pipelines using the latest analysis methods, publish work in collaboration with the scientific groups and help develop others through mentoring. Key responsibilities Provide bioinformatics expertise to help Francis Crick scientists achieve their research objectives. Provide expertise to inform on the experimental and analysis design process. Analyse complex genomic data, using a wide range of biological resources and bioinformatic methods to deliver on complex bespoke analysis goals. Interpret, evaluate and apply novel analysis approaches to build bespoke analysis pipelines to solve analysis questions. Apply analysis expertise to help scientists interpret results and make research decisions. Work closely with David Bauer's group to provide data analysis expertise to help deliver on their research objectives Provide bioinformatics support and coaching to members of David's team. Work independently at all points of the data analysis workflow. Help to develop others by mentoring and sharing expertise and experience. Help to support and develop group project management and reporting procedures. Continue professional development through maintaining awareness of developments in the wider bioinformatics and research communities. Participate and contribute to Crick meetings, workshops and seminars. Publish where appropriate. Key experience and competencies The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values: bold, imaginative, open, dynamic and collegial, in addition to the following: Essential Qualifications, experience and competencies: A degree in a relevant subject with an extensive analytical component e.g. bioinformatics, statistics, molecular biology or mathematics. Significant experience with varied types of high-throughput sequencing data and analysis. A good understanding and experience of working with multiple sequencing applications. Experience applying bioinformatics to multiple concurrent projects in a collaborative biological research environment to provide publication-quality analysis results to researchers. Excellent scientific analysis skills. Significant experience in R or Python with a track record of developing programs and scripts conforming to common coding standards. Experience in applying expertise to the experimental and analysis design process. The ability to work independently at all aspects of the analysis project workflow. Experience in mentoring and sharing expertise with others. The ability to organise and prioritise workload within a project management framework. Knowledge of molecular and cellular biology. Excellent scientific communication skills within a research environment, building highly effective working relationships with the team and customers. Desirable Qualifications, experience and competencies: Familiarity with viral genomics. Familiarity with the application of statistical techniques to biological data. Excellent computational skills applied to HPC, big data, software development and web technologies. Knowledge of Unix and HPC batch scheduling systems (e.g. SLURM). Experience in building and deploying pipelines (e.g. Nextflow) for data science. Understanding of software development processes and management. Experience with long-read sequencing (e.g. Nanopore) and data analysis. Knowledge of other research areas relevant to Crick research. Experience in teaching bioinformatics. If you require a visa to work in the UK we will help support your application should you be successful. Find out what benefits the Crick has to offer: For more information on our great pay and benefits package please click here: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, pregnancy, age, disability, or civil partnership, marital or family status. We particularly welcome applications from people who are Minority Ethnic as they are currently underrepresented in the Crick at this level. Diversity is essential to excellence in scientific endeavour. It increases breadth and perspective, leading to more innovation and creativity. We want the Crick to be a place where everyone feels valued and where diversity is celebrated and seen as part of the foundation for our Institute's success. The Crick is committed to creating equality of opportunity and promoting diversity and inclusivity. We all share in the responsibility to actively promote dignity, respect, inclusivity and equal treatment and it is our aim to ensure that these principles are reflected and implemented in all strategies, policies and practices. Read more on our website:
Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer, Vice President Private Markets is one of the fastest growing asset classes in global financial markets, covering all investments asset classes like real estate, commodities, private equity, hedge funds, and private credit, that are not traded on public exchanges. Our group works within the Aladdin engineering department building machine learning solutions to facilitate private market investing at BlackRock, and for Aladdin clients. Alts differs from other major asset classes as investment data generally comes in documents in semi or unstructured formats. Our job in the Data Science and Machine Learning group within Private Markets Systems, is to build the systems we need to gather data automatically and at scale and generate investment insights from these documents. Our team was founded four years ago and forms a core component of BlackRock's strategy for expanding into Alts. Our remit covers both building out the foundational platforms and services we need to do ML at scale and building the models we need to derive investment insight from unstructured data. We are looking for people who are interested in working on the full ML technology stack, in one of the fastest-growing groups at BlackRock. About the role: • Build foundational infrastructure services for applied ML at BlackRock. • Write and deliver code to production standards • Work with cutting edge opensource technologies • Build and/or deploy production standard ML models to solve real world financial problems • Build/run in-house developed and third party ML models in production • Deep learning research (Graph Neural Networks) • Natural language processing (Semantic search, Generative LLMs) • Datapoint extraction • Develop novel methods to facilitate financial research from unstructured data. • We are a research engineering group and you will be expected to develop and apply your own research ideas to our products • You will have the chance to build novel systems based on cutting edge research. About you This is a varied role and we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds who have a deep understanding or experience in most of the following; Programming skills (python and java highly desirable) Solid theoretical background in Algebra, Statistics and Machine Learning Specific Natural language Processing knowledge including: • Large language models training and fine-tuning • RAG search pipelines. Working with Linux systems Service architectures, Docker, Kubernetes Familiarity or experience with ElasticSearch/RESTful APIs Experience in a research environment For a Vice-President hire we will expect to see demonstrable workplace or academic leading experience. To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about. BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person - aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock. About BlackRock At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress. This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment - the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive. For additional information on BlackRock, please LinkedIn: BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law Blackrock Neurotech is the platform for brain-computer interface (BCI) technology and manufacturing. Related Jobs Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Frontend Engineer - Leading AI Company - Full Remote Tokyo, JP
May 15, 2024
Full time
Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer, Vice President Private Markets is one of the fastest growing asset classes in global financial markets, covering all investments asset classes like real estate, commodities, private equity, hedge funds, and private credit, that are not traded on public exchanges. Our group works within the Aladdin engineering department building machine learning solutions to facilitate private market investing at BlackRock, and for Aladdin clients. Alts differs from other major asset classes as investment data generally comes in documents in semi or unstructured formats. Our job in the Data Science and Machine Learning group within Private Markets Systems, is to build the systems we need to gather data automatically and at scale and generate investment insights from these documents. Our team was founded four years ago and forms a core component of BlackRock's strategy for expanding into Alts. Our remit covers both building out the foundational platforms and services we need to do ML at scale and building the models we need to derive investment insight from unstructured data. We are looking for people who are interested in working on the full ML technology stack, in one of the fastest-growing groups at BlackRock. About the role: • Build foundational infrastructure services for applied ML at BlackRock. • Write and deliver code to production standards • Work with cutting edge opensource technologies • Build and/or deploy production standard ML models to solve real world financial problems • Build/run in-house developed and third party ML models in production • Deep learning research (Graph Neural Networks) • Natural language processing (Semantic search, Generative LLMs) • Datapoint extraction • Develop novel methods to facilitate financial research from unstructured data. • We are a research engineering group and you will be expected to develop and apply your own research ideas to our products • You will have the chance to build novel systems based on cutting edge research. About you This is a varied role and we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds who have a deep understanding or experience in most of the following; Programming skills (python and java highly desirable) Solid theoretical background in Algebra, Statistics and Machine Learning Specific Natural language Processing knowledge including: • Large language models training and fine-tuning • RAG search pipelines. Working with Linux systems Service architectures, Docker, Kubernetes Familiarity or experience with ElasticSearch/RESTful APIs Experience in a research environment For a Vice-President hire we will expect to see demonstrable workplace or academic leading experience. To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about. BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person - aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock. About BlackRock At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress. This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment - the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive. For additional information on BlackRock, please LinkedIn: BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law Blackrock Neurotech is the platform for brain-computer interface (BCI) technology and manufacturing. Related Jobs Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Frontend Engineer - Leading AI Company - Full Remote Tokyo, JP
A leading emerging markets payments business at the forefront of innovative payment solutions, serving a diverse range of clients globally. They are on a mission is to simplify cross boarder payments and provide seamless experiences to businesses. As they continue to expand their footprint, they are seeking a hands-on dynamic Global Head of Sales to be responsible for strategic leadership and management of the Direct and Partnership Sales Teams. Whilst managing a team, you will leverage your personal brand to build senior-level, trusted-advisor relationships with new and current clients. The successful candidate will report into the Co-founders, in a high-visibility role that provides the development and execution of the overall Sales Plan. Requirements: 10+ years of business development, sales, and origination experience across multiple geographies 5+ years in the Payments industry Strong knowledge of financial or payment solutions technology including systems, applications and banking practices Entrepreneurial 'can-do' mindset, as you will also contribute to sales Commercially focused and pragmatic, can identify opportunities and propose solutions Understand the diverse ways in which their ecosystem of products can be further adopted by our customers. You can deep-dive into customers' use cases and approach solutions with complete empathy, effectively playing the role of problem-solver for the customer Responsibilities: Sales Leadership & Management: Leading the Sales department, monitoring the effectiveness of sales efforts and ensuring that they are aligned with the overall business objectives. In this position, you will create processes that enable visible and transparent management and that utilize the available tools or implement new ones that bring about increased sales effectiveness Strategy Development: Leading strategy planning and execution, you will drive sales growth strategies and ensure that these strategies are adopted across all levels. You will also be charged with developing improvement plans that are based on sales performance reports and surveys. Work with cross-functional teams to build and deploy best practices, as well as assisting in the identifying solutions and technologies that drive sales efficiency and consequently, revenue growth Employee Training and Goal-setting: Ensuring the availability of proper sales training initiatives as well as overseeing the planning and management for roles, responsibilities, values, and rules of engagement in the Sales department. You will also align planning, forecasting and budgeting initiatives with business objectives in addition to developing departmental goals and objectives Networking and Events: Identifying and understanding trends within the market and amongst consumers, you will pursue opportunities that increase sales volumes for the business and keep track of prospective markets and consumers, developing processes that communicate key differentiators of the business. You will also attend and actively participate in sales events, seminars and workshops, establishing the business as an industry leader while simultaneously identifying, and capitalizing on any prospects If you are interested, please send across your updated resume to Title: Chief Data ArchitectLocation: £180,000Salary: CompetitiveIndustry: FinTechContact: Brief Overview:Join us at the fore Permanent Job Alert: Title: Senior Data Scientist Location: London (Hybrid)Salary: £100,000 Industry: FinTech Contact: Title: Senior Data EngineerLocation: London (Hybrid)Salary: £100,000Industry: FinTechContact: Brief Overview:As the pace of the worl
May 09, 2024
Full time
A leading emerging markets payments business at the forefront of innovative payment solutions, serving a diverse range of clients globally. They are on a mission is to simplify cross boarder payments and provide seamless experiences to businesses. As they continue to expand their footprint, they are seeking a hands-on dynamic Global Head of Sales to be responsible for strategic leadership and management of the Direct and Partnership Sales Teams. Whilst managing a team, you will leverage your personal brand to build senior-level, trusted-advisor relationships with new and current clients. The successful candidate will report into the Co-founders, in a high-visibility role that provides the development and execution of the overall Sales Plan. Requirements: 10+ years of business development, sales, and origination experience across multiple geographies 5+ years in the Payments industry Strong knowledge of financial or payment solutions technology including systems, applications and banking practices Entrepreneurial 'can-do' mindset, as you will also contribute to sales Commercially focused and pragmatic, can identify opportunities and propose solutions Understand the diverse ways in which their ecosystem of products can be further adopted by our customers. You can deep-dive into customers' use cases and approach solutions with complete empathy, effectively playing the role of problem-solver for the customer Responsibilities: Sales Leadership & Management: Leading the Sales department, monitoring the effectiveness of sales efforts and ensuring that they are aligned with the overall business objectives. In this position, you will create processes that enable visible and transparent management and that utilize the available tools or implement new ones that bring about increased sales effectiveness Strategy Development: Leading strategy planning and execution, you will drive sales growth strategies and ensure that these strategies are adopted across all levels. You will also be charged with developing improvement plans that are based on sales performance reports and surveys. Work with cross-functional teams to build and deploy best practices, as well as assisting in the identifying solutions and technologies that drive sales efficiency and consequently, revenue growth Employee Training and Goal-setting: Ensuring the availability of proper sales training initiatives as well as overseeing the planning and management for roles, responsibilities, values, and rules of engagement in the Sales department. You will also align planning, forecasting and budgeting initiatives with business objectives in addition to developing departmental goals and objectives Networking and Events: Identifying and understanding trends within the market and amongst consumers, you will pursue opportunities that increase sales volumes for the business and keep track of prospective markets and consumers, developing processes that communicate key differentiators of the business. You will also attend and actively participate in sales events, seminars and workshops, establishing the business as an industry leader while simultaneously identifying, and capitalizing on any prospects If you are interested, please send across your updated resume to Title: Chief Data ArchitectLocation: £180,000Salary: CompetitiveIndustry: FinTechContact: Brief Overview:Join us at the fore Permanent Job Alert: Title: Senior Data Scientist Location: London (Hybrid)Salary: £100,000 Industry: FinTech Contact: Title: Senior Data EngineerLocation: London (Hybrid)Salary: £100,000Industry: FinTechContact: Brief Overview:As the pace of the worl