Société Française de Bioinformatique

Mots-Clés

Machine Learning Datascience Peptides Predictive models Cloud computing

Description

Data-Science Researcher Specialized in Bioinformatics (M/F)

Micropep Technologies, Auzeville-Tolosane, France, Fixed-term contract (CDD – 18 months)

(Homeworking EU/US accepted)

Micropep Technologies is a young innovative plant biotechnology startup based in Toulouse, France. The company, which raised 8.5M€ in the latest fundraising, is developing a new generation of innovative plant stimulation and plant protection solutions for a more sustainable agriculture. Our products are based on a disruptive technology that uses natural peptides (miPEPs) that can transiently regulate the expression of plants’ microRNAs and their targeted genes*.

We are currently looking for a data-science researcher with experience in biology-related problems to develop predictive models with the goal of improving peptide design.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Developing predictive models to be integrated in a variety of pipelines including peptide design
• Implementing and deploying models in our cloud-computing architecture
• Provide expert knowledge related to state-of-the-art Machine Learning models
• Taking part in curating and maintaining our data warehouse
• Taking part in exploratory analyses of data to explore for patterns and trends from past studies, and to provide insight into how to better design peptides

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, chemo-informatics, mathematics or computer science
• Hands-on experience in developing machine-learning and/or deep-learning models for biological systems
• Experience with biological data, in particular omics data
• Experience with managing a data warehouse and working with large amounts of data
• Familiarity with SQL and/or NoSQL database technologies, ideally experience in database design
• Experience in drug discovery and/or peptide design is greatly appreciated
• Prior use of high-performance computing to train machine learning algorithms is appreciated

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Programming: OOP and scripting in python
• Proficiency in using Linux operating system and the command-line
• Proficiency in using a version-management system like git
• Theoretical knowledge of main machine learning algorithms
• Knowledge and good experience of main machine learning frameworks (scikit-learn, keras…)
• Knowledge of statistics is a plus

DESIRED COMPETENCIES

• Good organization skills and good optimization of the working environment
• Ability to manage multiple projects and overlapping deadlines
• Natural ability for problem-solving
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal (English mandatory)
• Autonomy
• Rigor

CONDITIONS

• Compensation: based on experience
• End of application: September 2021
• Fixed-term contract (CDD), 18 months. This position might lead to a permanent post.
• Location: Auzeville Tolosane, France or homeworking EU/US
• To know more about Micropep, check our website: micro-pep.com

Applications (CV, cover letters and optional references) must be sent to: careers@micro-pep.com with the reference 2021-08/DSN-ML

* Lauressergues, D., Couzigou, J., Clemente, H. et al. Primary transcripts of microRNAs encode regulatory peptides. Nature 520, 90–93 (2015) doi:10.1038/nature14346