Quantitative Biologist: Imaging Analytics & Pipelines

Arcadiascience; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadia Science in Emeryville, CA seeks a Quantitative Biologist to join the Validation team. You will design and implement software for signal processing, image analysis, and quantitative interpretation of experimental data, collaborating with bench scientists to inform data collection and analysis.

Candidates should have a PhD, 3+ years post‑doctoral experience, strong statistics, and proficiency in Python or R.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent in biology, bioengineering, computational biology, biophysics, cell biology or related field.
• At least 3 years of full-time relevant scientific experience post-Ph.D. or equivalent.
• Strong foundation in statistically driven experimental design with hands-on experience applying these to biological datasets.
• Track record of working directly with experimental scientists to design, analyze, and interpret studies.
• Demonstrated expertise developing software for biological image analysis.
• Experience with statistical or machine learning methods applied to phenotypic biological data, including spectral or image data.
• Proficiency in Python and/or R for data analysis, pipeline development, and code review.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software for signal processing, image analysis, and quantitative interpretation of experimental data.
• Develop and maintain scalable workflows and pipelines that apply these methods to high-dimensional phenotypic data across diverse data types.
• Collaborate with experimental biologists to design statistically sound experiments before data is collected.
• Build and apply statistical and machine learning models to interpret complex biological datasets, including mixed-effects models, dimensionality reduction, and other approaches.
• Review and improve code written by scientists across the team, promoting reproducible and well-documented analytical practices.
• Develop SOPs and shared infrastructure (pipelines, notebooks, documentation) that help the broader team work more quantitatively and independently over time.
• Synthesize ideas, data, and findings into fully open-access pubs and engage with the scientific community to maximize impact and garner feedback that improves the work.

Skills

Statistical experimental design

Collaborative teamwork

Excellent science communication

Hands-on bench experience

Software development for image分析

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent

Tools

Python

R

Image analysis software

Job description

Arcadia Science in Emeryville, CA seeks a Quantitative Biologist to join the Validation team. You will design and implement software for signal processing, image analysis, and quantitative interpretation of experimental data, collaborating with bench scientists to inform data collection and analysis.

Candidates should have a PhD, 3+ years post‑doctoral experience, strong statistics, and proficiency in Python or R.