Senior Scientist, Data Science – R&D DSDH – Discovery Biologics

Johnson & Johnson

Data Scientist designing and maintaining data pipelines for biologics discovery at Johnson & Johnson. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to leverage AI/ML in drug discovery processes.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeCambridge • Massachusetts, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $109,000 - $174,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudETLGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonPyTorchTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain our Discovery Biologics data pipelines, integrating third party solutions, and data ingestion from our external partners.
Collaborate with data product owners, data scientists, analysts, architects, and other partners to understand data requirements and deliver high-quality solutions that enable Discovery processes for Biologics.
Build integrations with Therapeutics Discovery systems, Discovery data repositories, data ingestion from external partners, and other adjacent sources.
Optimize data workflows with implementations enabling ease of use, performance, scalability, and reliability.
Monitor and solve platform issues, ensuring timely resolution.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced degree in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.
Experience applying ML/AI in scientific domains (drug discovery, biology, chemistry, systems biology, or related areas).
Strong programming skills in Python (preferred) and experience with scientific/ML libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit‑learn, RDKit, etc.).
Practical experience with data engineering, including data modeling, workflow orchestration, ETL/ELT pipelines, and cloud computing environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Ability to work directly with experimental scientists to solve real R&D challenges.
Experience working in a life science environment, ideally antibody or protein engineering
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Familiarity integrating data across HPC and/or MLOps tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonML/AIdata engineeringdata modelingworkflow orchestrationETLELTcloud computingPyTorchTensorFlow

Soft Skills

problem-solvinganalytical skillscollaboration