Job Description

Animal Health IT Advanced Analytics team is looking for a computational biologist with data science insight to join our team. Our team delivers solutions in protein data science, impacting several AH business areas such as R&D, manufacturing, and diagnostics. This role requires a combination structural biology, bioinformatics, immunology, and cloud engineering. In addition to this, your data science work will have the potential of having tangible impact on real world problems.

Responsibilities

Executes data pipelines to deliver engineered proteins for experimental validation

Identifies, evaluates and benchmarks available protein engineering tools from the published literature

Implements and develops documented and reusable cloud data pipelines

Participates in choosing right tools and right infrastructure for data science projects

Accesses, cleans, prepares data, ensuring it can be reused as needed

Provides precise and timely communication (both verbal and written) and collaboration with diverse stakeholders

Communicates intensively with other platform/competencies to comprehend new trends and methodologies being implemented/considered within the company ecosystem

Understanding the business context of the decisions to be supported

Building and maintaining of knowledge on the data sources, the data quality and metadata

Requirements

MSc Degree in Computer Science, Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Statistics, or other related field

Experience with python/R, Databricks/HPC, APIs, and readiness to learn new software engineering skills

Hands on experience with computational biology tools and other life science topics

Understanding and knowledge of biological databases such as InterPro, UniProt etc.

Pasion for science and good quality code

Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to present to diverse audiences

Experience with version controls systems such as git and other collaboration tools

Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a globally dispersed team

Experience with design of innovative experiments, specifically to idea generation, idea incubation and/or experimentation, identifying tangible and measurable criteria

Our Offer

Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern

Pension and health insurance contributions

Internal reward system plus referral program

5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card

Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programs

Up-to-date laptop and iPhone

Parking in the garage for drivers or showers for bikers

Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

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Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

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Required Skills:

Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, Business Intelligence (BI), Cloud Engineering, Collaborative Communications, Communication, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Data Applications, Database Design, Databricks Platform, Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Data Pipelines, Data Science, Data Visualization, Engineering Software, HPC, Innovation, Life Science, Machine Learning, Molecular Biology, Protein Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Software Development {+ 3 more}

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Job Posting End Date:

08/31/2025

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Requisition ID:R361369