Data Scientist

**Data Scientist - Drug Discovery (m/w/d)**

Allschwil, Basel-Land, Switzerland

**The Company**

**We are Alloy Therapeutics—**a biotechnology ecosystem company empowering the global scientific community to make better medicines together. Through a community of partners, we democratize access to pre-competitive tools, technologies, services, and company creation capabilities that are foundational for discovering and developing therapeutic biologics. The company facilitates affordable, non-exclusive access to the entire drug discovery community from academic scientists, small and medium biotech, to the largest biopharma. At Alloy, we believe our industry should compete on getting the best drugs to patients as quickly as possible, not exclusive access to the best platforms. As a reflection of our relentless commitment to the scientific community, we reinvest 100% of its revenue in innovation and access to innovation. _MAY THE BEST DRUG WIN._

Alloy is headquartered in Waltham, MA with additional labs in Cambridge, UK; Basel, CH; San Francisco, CA; and Athens, GA. Successful members thrive in our shared culture of accountability, deliberate trust, and open communication. As a team we aspire to work together to exceed expectations and collectively contribute across the global organization to always maintain our nimble, startup culture. **Come thrive at Alloy**

**The Team**

The Data Scientist will be part of the Global Informatics team with team members in the US and Basel (Switzerland). This team provides informatics, AI, machine learning, and data solutions to Alloy’s research teams located in Waltham (MA), Athens (GA), San Francisco (CA), and Cambridge (UK).

**The Role**

This role will report to the Director of Machine Learning & Data Science with autonomy owning various stakeholders, projects, and tasks in a dynamic start-up environment while keeping up the pace of Alloy.** This is you**

**How You’ll Drive Impact**
- ** Learn**:You are genuinely interested in your research area and love to stay at the forefront of science.
- ** Collaborate**:You enjoy exchanging ideas with others and love to work in a team environment where the whole team as a group drives impact.
- ** Lead**:You are a self-starter, able to lead and manage yourself. You inspire others by going the extra mile and paying attention to details that others miss.
- ** Communicate**:You can communicate new ideas & insights clearly and engagingly, not only to experts in your field but also to non-experts and senior management.

**Why We Value You**
- You have a strong background in Mathematics, Statistics, Computational Biology, or related fields, Ph.D. is preferred.
- You have prior experience supporting the direct discovery and characterization of large-molecule drugs.
- You have a good understanding of common machine-learning concepts and statistical theory.
- You possess a deep understanding of modern machine and deep learning approaches, with a focus on transformer-based architectures, graph neural networks, and geometric deep learning.
- You are proficient in Python and are familiar with common libraries and frameworks such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, Tensorflow, and PyTorch.
- You have experience working in cloud environments, preferably AWS and their SageMaker ecosystem.
- You understand how to deploy machine learning systems to production using tools such as MLflow, ONNX, and others.
- You are familiar with good software development practices and tools like unit testing, CI/CD, Git and Code reviews.
- You are fluent in English and highly communicative, transparent, and collaborative with research and informatics peers.

**Desired Multipliers**
- Familiarity with RDBMS concepts, SQL and NoSQL databases
- Additional knowledge of cloud computing infrastructure (networking, security, storage) and their operation and configuration (AWS preferred)
- Ability to work across various international time zones
- Accommodate occasional travel as needed (5%)

**Taking Care of Our People**:
We support the individuality of what people need to do outside of work to empower them to do their best at work. While you focus on _making better medicine together_, we focus on programs and benefits that support a diverse and growing team. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, Alloy offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefits starting from day one.
- Compensation_
- Competitive base and equity compensation
- Competitive contributions to your second pillar
- Health & Family_
- Flexible paid parental leave
- Family planning support up to 50,000 CHF (e.g. IVF/PGT, adoption, egg retrieval)
- Unique Perks_
- Flexible work schedule built around our team-driven philosophy
- Annual stipend for continuing education with a commitment to your career through an individualized professional development plan
- Regular team events and social activities
- International travel insurance

**Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion**:
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