Computational Biologist

Actalent; United States; Híbrido; USD 52.000 - 58.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Actalent is seeking a highly skilled computational biology professional to join our hybrid team in Pearl River, NY. You will integrate multi-omics data including transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and immune profiling to identify biomarkers related to vaccine response and safety.

You will design AI-agent solutions, build data pipelines, and collaborate with computational biologists, data scientists, and software engineers to translate research goals into scalable AI tools.

Formación

• Advanced degree in computational biology, bioinformatics, CS, or related field.
• Experience analyzing multi-omics datasets for biomedical or vaccine research.
• Experience with biomarker discovery or immune-response analysis.
• Strong communication and collaboration in hybrid teams.
• Hands-on experience with single-cell sequencing data.
• Experience building AI or LLM-based applications is desirable.
• Strong Python software engineering skills and reproducible coding practices.

Responsabilidades

• Integrate and analyze multi-omics datasets to identify biomarkers for vaccine response.
• Familiar with bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, TCR/BCR profiling, and immune data analysis.
• Design AI-agent solutions to explore and generate insights from multi-omics data.
• Build data pipelines and knowledge systems for cross-dataset retrieval and reasoning.
• Develop interfaces and APIs to access internal and external resources.
• Collaborate with computational biologists, data scientists, and software engineers to translate needs into AI solutions.

Conocimientos

Python programming

AI/ML development

Multi-omics analysis

Team collaboration

Educación

Advanced degree in computational biology or related field

Herramientas

TCR profiling

BCR profiling

Single-cell RNA-seq

bulk RNA-seq

Immune profiling tools

Descripción del empleo

Job Responsibilities:

• Integrate and analyze multi-omics datasets, including transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, single-cell profiling, and immune repertoire data, to identify biomarkers and molecular signatures relevant to vaccine response, efficacy, and safety.
• Demonstrate strong familiarity with state-of-the-art methods and tools for bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, TCR profiling, BCR profiling, and immune profiling data analysis.
• Design AI-agent solutions that help researchers explore, query, integrate, analyze, and generate insights from multi-omics datasets and related scientific knowledge.
• Build data pipelines and knowledge systems that allow AI agents to retrieve, summarize, connect, and reason across biological datasets, metadata, research workflows, and scientific literature.
• Develop interfaces and APIs to support interaction with internal databases, cloud storage, bioinformatics pipelines, and external scientific resources.
• Collaborate with computational biologists, data scientists, and software engineers to translate research needs into scalable AI solutions.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Masters degree or Ph.D. in computational biology, bioinformatics, computer science, AI/ML, data science, immunology, or a related quantitative scientific field.
• Experience analyzing multi-omics datasets for biomedical or vaccine research, such as genetics, bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, spatial omics, immune repertoire profiling, proteomics, or related data types.
• Experience with biomarker discovery, immune-response analysis, or systems immunology, preferably in the context of vaccine, infectious disease, or immunology research.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in a hybrid team environment.
• Hands-on experience generating immunological insights from single-cell sequencing data is highly desirable.
• Expertise in artificial intelligence, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic AI workflows, or multi-agent system architecture is highly desirable.
• Experience building LLM-based applications, multi-agent AI systems, agent orchestration workflows, or autonomous research assistants.
• Strong software engineering skills in Python and modern AI development frameworks are preferred.
• Ability to document code thoroughly to ensure reproducibility and clarity for collaborative projects.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Pearl River, NY.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $38.00 - $42.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your jobclassification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may besubject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefitsavailable for this temporary role may include the following:Medical, dental & visionCritical Illness, Accident, and Hospital401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions availableLife Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)Short and long-term disabilityHealth Spending Account (HSA)Transportation benefitsEmployee Assistance ProgramTime Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Pearl River,NY.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 16, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications withoutregard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability,sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protectedby law.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

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