Staff Computational Biologist, Target ID & Platform (Remote)

Valo Health; Lexington (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Valo Health in Lexington, MA is seeking a Staff Computational Biologist to lead Target Identification and Prioritization software initiatives within the Translational Platform Engineering group. This hybrid role blends biology, computation, product strategy, and engineering execution to shape the next generation of data products used by discovery teams.

You will own the Target ID software roadmap, translate scientific needs into technical specs, prototype solutions in Python, and help

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field and practical experience.
• 6+ years in computational biology or data-driven discovery; at least 1 year in software/data engineering teams.
• Proficiency in translating scientific needs into technical specs and productive software workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for Target ID software.
• Gather and prioritize scientific requirements from internal users.
• Translate use cases into technical specifications for engineering teams.
• Rapidly prototype computational solutions using Python.
• Develop and maintain internal packages, reproducible workflows, and APIs.
• Establish documentation, onboarding materials, and best practices for internal platform usage.
• Lead cross-functional project execution (data engineering, software engineering).

Skills

Python

Data engineering

Computational biology

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in computational biology, bioinformatics, systems biology, or computer science

Job description

Valo Health in Lexington, MA is seeking a Staff Computational Biologist to lead Target Identification and Prioritization software initiatives within the Translational Platform Engineering group. This hybrid role blends biology, computation, product strategy, and engineering execution to shape the next generation of data products used by discovery teams.

You will own the Target ID software roadmap, translate scientific needs into technical specs, prototype solutions in Python, and help