Data Scientist (1-year fixed-term contract)
Portal Biotech • London, England • Posted June 24, 2026
About the Role
About the role
Portal is seeking a motivated Data Scientist to join our Bioinformatics & Machine Learning team. In this 1-year, fixed-term role, you will work directly with the wet lab, applying techniques from statistics and machine learning to invent new applications of Portal's single-molecule proteomics platform. The work spans the full range from exploratory data analyses to shipping production-hardened methods, and is embedded in a fast-moving, highly collaborative research environment at the scientific frontier of the field. This role is ideal for someone who is excited by novel methodological challenges, applies scientific rigour and first principles approach to their work, and is comfortable in rapidly evolving and often ambiguous problem spaces.
Tasks and responsibilities
Portal is seeking a motivated Data Scientist to join our Bioinformatics & Machine Learning team. In this 1-year, fixed-term role, you will work directly with the wet lab, applying techniques from statistics and machine learning to invent new applications of Portal's single-molecule proteomics platform. The work spans the full range from exploratory data analyses to shipping production-hardened methods, and is embedded in a fast-moving, highly collaborative research environment at the scientific frontier of the field. This role is ideal for someone who is excited by novel methodological challenges, applies scientific rigour and first principles approach to their work, and is comfortable in rapidly evolving and often ambiguous problem spaces.
Tasks and responsibilities
- Research, development, and shipping of analytical pipelines for nanopore-based proteomic data
- Design and implementation of statistical and ML approaches to novel biolog...