Senior Statistical Data Scientist

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Senior Statistical Data Scientist at an engineering startup in Switzerland. Collaborating globally to deliver insights from biological and experimental data.

Posted 6/20/2026part-timeRemote • 🇨🇭 SwitzerlandSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with seed engineers, breeders, biologists, and data engineers
Translate complex statistical results into clear, decision-ready insights
Design and analyse biological and experimental datasets with statistical rigor
Build predictive models for breeding and product development decisions
Apply machine learning where it adds meaningful value beyond classical statistics
Ensure experimental conclusions are robust, reproducible, and well-validated

Requirements

What you’ll need

MSc or PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Quantitative Genetics, Econometrics, or related field
Strong grounding in statistical inference, experimental design, regression, and mixed models
Experience with Python and/or R
Familiarity with predictive modelling and modern machine learning approaches
Strong communication skills and ability to simplify complex reasoning
Curiosity for scientific problem-solving beyond standard analytics
**What Success Looks Like. Within your first year, you will:**
Improve experimental design and analytical quality
Become a trusted scientific advisor across teams
Deliver predictive models that influence real-world decisions
Strengthen evidence-based decision-making across the organisation

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work at the intersection of statistics, biology, and engineering in a company where scientific thinking is central to every decision.
Be part of a strong and truly international initiative
Get well compensated for your time while being capable to keep your morning or research arrangements
**Special Conditions**
This is not a sponsored visa job.
It requires trips in central Europe once a month for about 5 days. All relevant expenses are covered by the company.
We are looking for people that further to their strong background they do enjoy what they do and wish to make a manageble change to the world

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Hard Skills & Tools

statistical inferenceexperimental designregressionmixed modelspredictive modelingmachine learningPythonR

Soft Skills

communication skillsscientific problem-solvingcollaborationcuriosity

Certifications

MScPhD