Job Description
Join Our Team at Rancho BioSciences! As we continue to grow, Rancho BioSciences is seeking a
Data Curator with a strong life sciences background to join our team! This is a full-time, remote position available anywhere in the USA. In this role, you will work on data curation projects, ensuring high-quality, standardized, and well-organized datasets to support cutting-edge research.
Who We Are Rancho BioSciences is a globally recognized leader in providing advanced services and products across data curation, governance, bioinformatics, and AI-driven analytics. Our expertise includes workflows and pipeline design, knowledge mining, target profile generation, and business analysis, all delivered with a steadfast commitment to innovation and quality.
We collaborate with research foundations, biotech companies, government labs, and academic institutions to enable breakthroughs in drug discovery, biomedical research, and precision medicine.
Our mission is to bridge science and healthcare, helping to transform raw data into actionable insights that drive new discoveries and improve patient care across the globe.
As a fully remote and rapidly growing global team, we are excited to expand and welcome talented individuals to help us shape the future of data science.
What You'll Do - Extract and structure relevant information from scientific literature, online resources, and data repositories
- Clean, harmonize, and catalog assay, clinical trial, and other biomedical data/metadata according to data standards
- Align data to ontologies and controlled vocabularies
- Contribute to the development of new data standards, models, terminologies, and ontologies
- Communicate progress, insights, and strategies to team members and clients
- Ensure quality control and continuous improvement in curation processes
- Collaborate closely with data scientists, curators, and stakeholders
- Deliver clear, engaging, and impactful presentations
What We're Looking For Must-Haves: - MD or PhD in Biology or related field. Bachelor's and Master's degree will be considered with 3-5 years relevant experience
- Familiarity with public data repositories (e.g., GEO, SRA, AE)
- Experience with oncology, immunology, neurology, aging, or patient-generated datasets (clinical, observational)
- Understanding of data standards, semantics, terminologies, and ontologies
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong analytical thinking and scientific data interpretation skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Detail-oriented, highly organized, and able to meet deadlines
- Comfortable learning new software and working in a remote, fast-paced environment
Nice-to-Haves: - Knowledge of cancer staging, pathology, and treatment options-especially combination therapies
- Understanding of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data principles
- Familiarity with therapeutic and treatment options, especially combination therapies for oncology
- Exposure to public biomedical ontologies and standards (e.g., OMOP, CDISC (SDTM), NCIT, MedDRA, MeSH, LOINC, UBERON, RxNorm, DOID)
- Software knowledge of R, Python, Perl and/or html
- Experience leading projects, delegating tasks, and managing budgets
Why You'll Love Working at Rancho BioSciences: - We offer a variety of health and wellbeing benefits, including medical, dental and vision plans for you and your family that fit your lifestyle
- We offer financial wellbeing benefits, including a 401(k) with company match
- We encourage continuous learning and facilitate ongoing career conversations and coaching to support your continuous development
- We value work-life balance and understand the importance of personal time. That's why we offer Paid Time Off to relax and recharge, flexible working hours, and a 100% remote work environment
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Rancho BioSciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws.
Job Tags
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