Data Manager
Matterworks
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Somerville • Massachusetts • United States
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About the role
- Partner with scientific, ML, and product stakeholders to define a data roadmap
- Proactively scout and integrate public and client datasets, plus relevant literature and reference materials
- Define curation standards that make data consistent across sources and modalities
- Work closely with leadership in engineering, AI, product, and scientific discovery to align initiatives with company-wide goals
- Translate ambiguous questions into crisp data requirements, priorities, and execution plans
Requirements
- 6+ years of demonstrated experience owning scientific data work end-to-end (curation, standardization, QC, documentation, governance) in bioinformatics, cheminformatics, computational biology, scientific data engineering, or related roles
- Ability to navigate complex chemical and biological datasets, reconcile identifiers/metadata across sources, and make data consistently usable for end users
- Strong attention to detail with a keen ability to balance priorities and delivery incremental value while operating with minimal oversight
- Comfortable building structure from scratch: you can define processes, set standards, and iterate toward scalable practices in an early-stage environment
- Practical proficiency in Python and SQL for data investigation, transformation, QC, and automation
- Familiarity with modern data workflows (structured + semi-structured data, pipelines, reproducibility, documentation)
- Experience with chemical structure representations and normalization (e.g., SMILES/InChI, canonicalization, salt/tautomer handling, stereochemistry considerations)
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate with product, machine learning, applied science and engineers while reducing complex business questions into valuable, reliable technical solutions
- A passion for contributing to an early-stage startup where autonomy, eagerness to learn, and enthusiasm for solving novel scientific challenges prevail over rigid processes and egos.
Benefits
- stock options
- health & dental insurance
- vision insurance
- long- and short-term disability insurance
- life insurance
- 401k with company match
- flexible work & unlimited time away policy
- commuter benefits and parking
- regular team meals and outings
- company support for continued education/coursework and conference participation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
PythonSQLdata curationdata standardizationdata quality controldata governancedata transformationdata pipelineschemical structure representationsnormalization
Soft skills
attention to detailprioritizationcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingautonomyadaptabilityinitiativecreativityeagerness to learn