Principal Biostatistics Data Scientist

Overview

Principal Biostatistics Data Scientist

Character Biosciences is a precision medicine company pioneering targeted therapies for polygenic diseases, with an initial focus on ophthalmology. Our patient data platform integrates genomics with deep, longitudinal clinical and imaging data, enabling us to uncover genetic drivers of disease progression, advance novel therapeutics, and define patient stratification strategies that improve clinical success.

Our interdisciplinary team, comprising experts in clinical science, data science, statistical genetics, computer vision, and drug discovery, utilizes this platform to determine genetic drivers of disease progression, advance novel therapeutics and define genetics-based patient stratification. Powered by our data platform, Character Bio is currently advancing two programs in Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) with additional programs for other disease areas (e.g. Glaucoma) in earlier stages of discovery research.

Founded in 2018, Character has raised capital from leading investors at the intersection of healthcare and technology, including an oversubscribed $110+ million Series B in 2025 co-led by aMoon and Luma Group, with participation from Bausch + Lomb, Sanofi Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Catalio Capital Management, S32, KdT Ventures, and Jefferson Life Sciences. We also maintain a multi-target drug discovery collaboration with Bausch + Lomb to develop innovative precision medicines for AMD.

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced data scientist (immediately available for work) with strong biostatistics expertise to join us as a contractor, with potential to convert to full time.

You will support high-priority projects where Character’s data is used to inform drug discovery and early-stage clinical research. You’ll apply your biostatistics and data science expertise to design and execute analyses, guide methodology, and help interpret findings. You will collaborate closely with the internal team, providing subject matter expertise and mentoring as needed, while contributing to data strategy and sharing results with key stakeholders. This role is ideal for an experienced scientist who can quickly step into a lean, fast-moving environment and deliver immediate impact and who enjoys tackling scientifically interesting problems using unique multimodality data.

This role may be fully remote or hybrid, based at our Jersey City, NJ or Brisbane, CA office.

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