Tessera Therapeutics

Senior Scientist, Computational Biology - Contract

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 days ago

AWSAgentic AIRecruitingPerformance ManagementControlsBioinformaticsCRISPRNGSResearchAnimal StudiesLeadershipCollaborationPublic Speaking

About the role

Your curiosity and passion will fuel your discoveries, while strong connections with biologists and data/software engineers will amplify the impact of your work.

Responsibilities

As Head of Talent Management at Tessera Therapeutics, Ben leads Tessera's talent strategy across talent acquisition, performance management, and talent mobility.
Ben began his career as an in vivo Pharmacologist, which gave him a lasting appreciation for the rigor, creativity, and collaboration that drive scientific discovery.
That foundation continues to shape how he helps build organizations designed to enable science thrive.
Tessera Therapeutics is pioneering Gene Writing™- a new biotechnology designed to offer scientists and clinicians the ability to write small and large therapeutic messages into the genome, thereby curing diseases at their source.
Gene Writing holds the potential to become a new category in genetic medicine, building upon recent breakthroughs in gene therapy and gene editing while eliminating important limitations in their reach, utilization, and efficacy.
Hands-on experience developing, executing, and troubleshooting NGS analysis pipelines in cloud-based environments.
Developing computational biology pipelines with leading cloud technologies (i.e. Dagster, Nextflow) and state-of-the-art control systems software and procedures (i.e. CI/CDs, unit tests, etc.).
Working both independently and as part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team to design, analyze, and interpret multi-omics technologies focused on understanding gene writing systems.
Developing the computational methods to understand and model gene writing events
Processing, analyzing, and interpreting data from a wide variety of research and preclinical projects to develop rigorous hypotheses.

Requirements

He has more than 15 years of experience in gene therapy, computational genomics, and genomic safety.
PhD with 5+ years of experience in academic or industry setting, MS with 10+ years of experience or BS with 12+ years of experience
Experience with workflow tools such as Nextflow, Dagster, or equivalent systems.
Experience with AWS/cloud computing, version control, reproducible analysis practices, and software development best practices.

Skills

Tessera employees are creative and collaborative problem solvers.
They have a strong sense of integrity and unwavering commitment to scientific excellence.

Compensation

The stated pay range represents Tessera's good-faith estimate for this role.
Actual compensation will be determined based on a number of factors, including but not limited to individual qualifications, years of relevant experience, internal compensation alignment, and external market data.
$74.00 - $80.00 USD per hour

Benefits

It's a bonus if you can use AI agents for your work.

Company info

Becoming part of a dynamic, expanding team in a fast-paced and supportive environment with different groups and experts from various backgrounds.

Equal opportunity

Tessera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic identified by federal, state, or local laws where we operate.
Tessera provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities.
To begin an interactive dialogue with Tessera regarding a reasonable accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied, please contact the recruiter or Accommodations@tesseratx.com

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