Senior / Principal Data Scientist – Single Cell & Spatial

Company: Hlx Life Sciences
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Location: London
Job Description:

Job Description

About the Company

We’re hiring a Senior / Principal Data Scientist with deep expertise in single cell RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics to drive high-impact work across disease areas.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end single cell & spatial analyses (QC → clustering → DE → integration).
  • Work closely with biology, clinical, and ML teams
  • Own analysis pipelines and project delivery
  • Mentor juniors and help steer scientific direction
  • Present and defend insights to key stakeholders

Required Skills

  • Strong hands-on experience in single cell RNA-seq (core focus, not side project)
  • Experience with spatial transcriptomics (e.g. Visium, Xenium, 10x)
  • Solid coding in Python (R acceptable, Python preferred)
  • Proven ownership of analysis workflows/projects

Ideal Background

  • Computational biologist / DS from biotech, pharma, or academia
  • Comfortable in fast-paced, stakeholder-heavy environments
  • Confident communicator who can push back and influence decisions

Preferred Skills

Note: This is a hands-on IC role (not Director level). Focus is transcriptomics, not imaging-only spatial work.

Posted: March 28th, 2026