Lead Data Scientist R&D

Pendulum® is on a mission to help people improve physical and mental health by creating a new category of products that target the microbiome. We are researching, developing and commercializing a novel class of rationally-designed Live Synbiotics™ (probiotics + prebiotics) that have demonstrated clinical efficacy to treat conditions like metabolic syndrome, inflammation and neurodegeneration.

Pendulum has created proprietary pipelines to build a unique discovery platform that identifies key, novel bacterial strains and the prebiotics that feed them.

We are a highly collaborative team of scientists, engineers, physicians, marketers and salespeople interested in improving human health by using the latest research from diverse fields, such as microbiology, molecular biology, high-throughput genomics, distributed computing, pharmaceutical development and nutrition. We believe strongly in an individual’s transparency and strong communication to enable the most effective and efficient path to team success.

If you’re interested in building a new category of products that will help improve the lives of people globally and you love working in a cross-functional, collaborative, inspiring environment, please continue reading!

As a Lead Data Scientist with us, you will use your strong quantitative/statistical background

to collaboratively work with Scientists to design and analyze experiments. This position will have you working closely with R&D and Process Development. You will be instrumental in data analysis, pipeline design and implementation, and creating models and reports. You will be in a position to mentor the team in data science, statistics, and experimental design.

This role is very visible within our organization, you will collaborate closely with Data Scientists, Lab Scientists and Software/Data Engineers doing exciting work. This role will give an unparalleled opportunity to push the boundaries of microbiome and precision medicine research!