Staff/Principal Data Scientist, Research

About Pendulum

Pendulum® is leading a revolution that is occurring around the world to improve physical and mental health by first understanding, then restoring and enhancing the human microbiome. 

Studies have shown that our microbiome (the bacterial communities in and on our bodies) is linked to everything from metabolism and diabetes, to longevity, weight loss, healthy immune systems, cancer prevention, feelings of well-being, inflammatory bowel disease, and even healthy skin. We have just scratched the surface on understanding the impact that our microbiome has on our lives. During early life we develop a diverse and balanced microbiome that plays a critical role in shaping our long-term health. Over our lives, a combination of diet, lifestyle, antibiotics, and aging can decrease the effectiveness of our microbiome.

Pendulum recognized the enormous impact they could have on people’s lives if they were able to address the imbalances in the microbiome. To accomplish this, Pendulum created proprietary probiotic pipelines and a unique discovery platform to identify key, novel bacterial strains and the prebiotics that feed them. The company has also built and developed the world’s first manufacturing technology to produce bacteria in an anaerobic (oxygen-free) environment at scale.

The medical probiotics that Pendulum has formulated have transformed the consumer probiotics market into a new category of therapeutic offerings that deliver the power and efficacy of a pharmaceutical with the safety and accessibility of a natural probiotic. Due to Pendulum’s explosive revenue and customer growth over the last two years, the company earned a spot on Forbes Magazine’s exclusive “The Next Billion Dollar Startups” list.

If you’re interested in improving the lives of people globally and you love working in a cross-functional, collaborative, inspiring environment, please continue reading.

Position Summary:

Pendulum is seeking an experienced Data Scientist to report directly to the Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer to lead analysis and insights across multiple key corporate teams. The ideal candidate will have an inherent curiosity about how microbiome interventions can impact human health and apply fundamental biological and data science tools to answer these complex questions.. The Data Scientist will collaborate closely with the commercial and clinical teams as well as the research and process development teams to: (1) design, analyze and interpret quantitative consumer studies (2) design, analyze and interpret molecular and microbiological experiments, (3) document and present methods and results to internal teams. Our ideal candidate is detail oriented, self-motivated, and is quick to respond to needs that arise in the lab. The candidate has a track record of collaboration, clear communication, and excels in documenting workflows. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual that is looking to work in a dynamic, collaborative, fast-growing startup environment.

What You'll Do:

• Work closely with the Chief Scientific Officer to develop strategies for data acquisition and analysis to understand how microbiome interventions impact the microbiome and human health.
• Collaborate with Clinical and Revenue teams in design, analysis and interpretation of customer and clinical data
• Collaborate with Clinical and R&D teams in design, analysis and interpretation of experimental results
• Identify and define quality-control metrics and visualizations to optimize experimental and assay approaches
• Maintain and improve production workflows by managing changes to analysis, code, documentation and validation and contribute to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as needed
• Work closely with your users by developing new workflows and analyses according to their needs 
• Work with data engineering to create analyses and metrics for data integrity and process predictors and outcomes 

Requirements:

• MSc or PhD in STEM, preferably with a biology component 
• 2+ years working in a startup environment (preferably in biotech)
• Strong background in Python and SQL (R is a plus)
• Experience in code review and versioning 
• Extraordinary organizational skills, with high attention to detail and focus on accuracy
• Experience designing and analyzing studies and distilling and presenting results

Plus:

• Experience with flow cytometry, gas chromatography, and/or DNA sequencing
• Background in bioinformatics
• Experience with AWS, Docker, ECS, Snowflake, DBT, Fivetran

Salary & Benefits

• $173,430 - $192,700
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Commuter Benefits
• Life & STD Insurance
• Company match on 401 (k)
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Equity