What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Associate / Data Specialist position at HW3?
We’re Hiring: Data Associate / Data Specialist (New York City based)
Join a leading biotechnology company driving innovation at the intersection of machine learning and drug discovery.
In this role, you’ll support the machine learning team by processing, organizing, and maintaining scientific datasets essential to drug development. You’ll work hands-on in a Linux environment and help structure data from diverse scientific sources, ensuring accuracy, discoverability, and robust data provenance.
This position is ideal for early-career professionals who enjoy working with scientific and technical data and want to make a tangible impact on next-generation biotechnology and ML-driven research.
This opportunity is perfect for you if you want to:
- Work closely with machine learning scientists to prepare and curate scientific datasets
- Structure, clean, and organize large-scale data from multiple sources
- Catalog metadata to enhance data discovery and maintain traceable provenance
- Use Python, SQL, and Linux tools in a real-world scientific data environment
- Contribute to data workflows that directly support drug discovery research
- Develop technical skills within a highly collaborative, research-driven team
You’ll play a key role in strengthening the data pipelines that power our machine learning models, enabling more accurate, efficient, and impactful drug discovery.
If you have:
- Work authorization in the U.S.
- An undergraduate degree in a STEM field
- Hands-on experience working in a Linux environment
- Familiarity with Python and SQL
- Experience handling large-scale datasets
- Ability to catalog metadata and maintain accurate data provenance
- Strong attention to detail and comfort working with scientific information
This is a 2-year, full-time role with full benefits, based in New York City.
Step into a role where your data skills help accelerate scientific discovery.
Apply now or email your resume to m.Benjamin@hwthree.com