Omiz Staffing Solutions (OSS) · 22 hours ago
AI Computational Biologist (Manager)
Bridgewater, NJ
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
$90/hr - $105/hr
5+ years expOmiz Staffing Solutions is seeking an AI Computational Biologist to play a crucial role in a biopharma discovery engine. This hands-on position involves designing and deploying AI models to influence drug discovery and working closely with wet-lab scientists to translate model outputs into actionable drug targets.
Hiring Manager
John Morris (Zeeshan Shaikh)
Responsibilities
Design, train, and deploy LLMs and GNNs across omics, literature, chemistry, and clinical data
Build and leverage biomedical knowledge graphs to surface novel targets and mechanisms
Partner with ML engineers to fine-tune models for gene–disease association, pathway inference, and compound efficacy
Turn model outputs into actionable drug targets, biomarkers, and MoA hypotheses
Drive in silico analyses that directly inform wet-lab experimental design
Work side-by-side with biologists to validate predictions in vitro and in vivo
Integrate and curate massive datasets (transcriptomics, proteomics, CRISPR, literature corpora)
Prepare high-quality data for LLM fine-tuning and GNN training
Operate as a scientific bridge between AI engineers, discovery biology, and preclinical teams
Communicate complex results clearly — no black-box science
Qualification
Required
real target discovery experience — not just methods development
understand biology first, AI second — and can connect the two
have applied LLMs, GNNs, or multi-modal models to biological problems
have collaborated directly with wet-lab scientists
are comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
Python (pandas, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Hugging Face, PyTorch Geometric)
LLMs, transformers, GNNs, fine-tuning workflows
Ensembl, UniProt, ChEMBL, DrugBank, GEO, OMIM
multi-omics integration & biomedical knowledge graphs
biomedical NLP, literature mining, chemoinformatics or protein–ligand modeling (strong plus)
cloud experience (AWS or GCP)
Git and collaborative development best practices
PhD or MS + 5+ years in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Computer Science, or related field
Company
Omiz Staffing Solutions (OSS)
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11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase