Data Science & Machine Learning Intern: Research Engineering

Key Skills

AWS, Dask - Python library, Git, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Java Programming, Mercurial, NoSQL, NumPy, OpenCV, Pandas, Python Programming, Scikit-learn, SciPy, SQL

Job Description

Global drug development productivity is declining exponentially, with an overall failure to develop effective treatments for many increasingly prevalent complex diseases affecting millions of patients per year. We seek to solve this by combining cutting-edge machine learning techniques with recent advances in life sciences to drastically improve how drugs are discovered and developed.

This summer we are looking for highly motivated interns looking to work at the intersection of machine learning and life sciences. As an omics intern, you will play a key role in modeling the molecular omics phenotypes of cells with different genetic / chemical perturbations, environmental exposures, and genetic backgrounds. As molecular omics is one of the two major ways that insitro leverages to model disease phenotypes, your contribution will be critical for identifying genes and pathways that are relevant to diseases, validating and understanding the role of gene hits from statistical genetics studies, and aligning phenotypic models between in vivo and in vitro systems.

Insitro has a highly dynamic and collaborative culture in a custom-built open office in South San Francisco. You will work closely with machine learning engineers and scientists, biologists, chemists, microscopy experts, and automation engineers. You will be mentored by one of our senior researchers, who has significant experience in machine learning for molecular omics data. You will also attend our machine learning team meetings and will be exposed to a diverse set of novel technologies and machine learning concepts that tackle various biological questions.

Join us, and help make a difference to patients!

About You

• Working towards a BS, MS, or Ph.D. in an engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics, life science, chemistry, physics, or a related discipline
• Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages. We primarily use Python
• Demonstrated ability to use and develop cutting edge statistical and machine learning methods inspired by real problems
• Demonstrated ability to write high-quality, production-ready code (readable, well-tested, with well-designed APIs)
• Experience in working with biological data, preferably using computational approaches
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds and job functions
• Passion for making a difference in the world

Nice to Have

• Demonstrated ability to process and model molecular omics data such as RNA-seq or ATAC-seq, in particular the single-cell version of these assays
• Courses in molecular biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, biomedical science, biostatistics or other related topics
• Experience in Linux environment, database languages (e.g., SQL, No-SQL) and version control practices and tools such as Git or Mercurial
• Familiarity with the SciPy/PyData ecosystem (numpy, pandas, scipy, dask etc.)
• Familiarity with cloud computing services (AWS or GCP)

Intern Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage; insitro pays 100% of premiums for employees
• Excellent mental health and well-being support
• Access to free onsite baristas and cafe with daily lunch and breakfast
• Access to free onsite fitness center
• Commuter benefits
• Competitive pay
• Flexible work schedule (on site and remote)

Intern Benefits

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage; insitro pays 100% of premiums for employees
• Excellent mental health and well-being support
• Access to free onsite baristas and cafe with daily lunch and breakfast
• Access to free onsite fitness center
• Commuter benefits
• Competitive pay
• Flexible work schedule (on site and remote)