ApconiX - Data Scientist

Job Title:

Data Scientist

Category:

Technical roles

Closing Date:

17/01/2025

https://www.apconix.com/apconix-is-recruiting-a-data-scientist/

ApconiX are experts in cardiac and CNS electrophysiology, target safety and modality and in all aspects of nonclinical toxicology and DMPK project support.

The Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic early-career Data Scientist. This role offers an exciting opportunity to apply your data science skills to critical aspects of early drug discovery and development to support our target and drug modality safety offerings and will also include collaborating with other business areas including marketing and business development and our laboratory scientists.

This role will sit within our Data Science Team and will be primarily located in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, UK but allows for some hybrid working.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field

• Fluent English with excellent communication skills

• Evidence of professional experience a bonus

• The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK

Character attributes

• Curiosity and eagerness to learn new skills and technologies

• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking abilities

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively to work on diverse projects across different business areas

• Good time management skills to handle multiple tasks efficiently

• Ethical awareness regarding data privacy and security

Technical requirements

• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as R’ or Python for backend development and creation of automated processing pipelines

• Ability to identify, wrangle and transform data in multiple formats for integration and interpretation

• Create data visualisations and reports to communicate complex safety insights to project teams

• Experience with using frameworks and creating databases (e.g., SQL, GraphQL, SPARK, MongoDB)

• Experience with cloud computing platforms and big data (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud) for scalable deployment and API integration

• Experience with natural language processing for literature mining a bonus.

How to Apply

Please submit a CV with a one page covering letter demonstrating how you meet the candidate requirements to careers@apconix.com by Friday 17th January. For more information, contact nicholas.coltman@apconix.com.  Download the Job Description Early Career Data Scientist