Dotmatics
Senior Application Scientist
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Our Why At Dotmatics
At Dotmatics, we believe science, data, and decision-making must be deeply intertwined for innovation to thrive.
Our Portfolio includes Luma, LumaLab Connect, ELN Platform, Graphpad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express, LabArchives, NQuery, EasyPanel, MStar, SoftGenetics, and Virscidian.
We have a vision for a new Lab of the Future that will change the future of scientific research.
We have created the world’s most comprehensive digital science platform – best-of-breed software applications already used by more than 2 million scientists, together in a single ecosystem united by a powerful, flexible enterprise data platform. This is not flat data buried away in digital graveyards. This is dynamic, multi-dimensional decision-making.
Scientific enterprises need a new level of effectiveness to achieve tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Illness will not wait. The biosphere will not wait. We are tireless in our vision, because the time for innovation is now.
Shaping the Future of Science At Dotmatics
Our global team of more than 800 colleagues are dedicated to supporting our customers in over 180 countries. Together, with our scientific community of users, we accelerate scientific innovation in order to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.
You’ll join a collaborative, global team pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation. Your ideas and efforts will have a tangible impact, accelerating scientific progress and discovery. We offer a dynamic, remote-friendly environment that fosters high integrity and collaboration, empowering you to excel. Dotmatics is a company built by scientists, for scientists. Combined, we are now the world’s largest cloud-based scientific research R&D platform. We need your help to keep growing and pioneering the future.
We are Science Driven. We are Customer Centric. We are Better Together.
What do we need
As the Senior Application Scientist, your primary role is to configure and support the implementation of Dotmatics Virscidian solutions in complex laboratory, scientific research, or scientific development environments. This role takes ownership of the implementation lifecycle — from project kickoff through go-live — ensuring that the scope of work and quotation commitments are delivered on time, on budget, and to the customer's scientific objectives.
You will work closely with cross-functional teams such as project management teams & solution architects, product teams & customers, to understand their needs, analyze their data environment, assist in design and implementation of our solutions, and aid in integration with their data systems. You will also be responsible for demonstrations and training, technical support, and business development where appropriate.
Working within our Professional Services team, the Senior Application Scientist will act as a partner to the customer to solve the challenging business needs of the customer with the Virscidian product suite.
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In this role, you will get to:
- Lead in discovery activities to identify key systems in scope (customer environment) for data integration
- Work alongside Principal Application Scientists & our customer to help Identify optimal sourcing and integration strategy ensuring clarity of data requirements in complex laboratory settings
- Provide guidance and best practices on data sourcing for the creation of sustainable integrations and methods utilizing standard Data Ingestion technologies and architectural principles
- Configure, deploy, and validate application-specific workflows spanning laboratory automation, orchestration, data capture, and analytics within Virscidian.
- Data integration: Planning, coordinating, and supervising the integration of data from various sources
- Data flow monitoring: Monitoring the flow of data between databases, servers, and cloud services
- Data architecture: Identifying and implementing the best data integration (DI) architecture for the organization
- Conduct technical peer reviews / Conduct structured user acceptance testing (UAT) and sign-off processes to confirm that delivered solutions meet defined specifications.
- Provide oversight and governance on projects where there are parallel activities
- Evaluate user requirements, & provide estimates
- Train Customers on how to use the configured solutions / Deliver hands-on training to customer scientists and automation teams, ensuring effective adoption and long-term operational success.
- Communicate and collaborate among cross-functional teams in a multinational environment (Project Managers, Developers, Architects)
Requirements
We are looking for people who have 8 years + experience deploying Scientific SaaS solutions into the life science industry/end user environments. Ideally, you will hold a Master or PhD in Chemistry or Biology, with a preference in small molecule research.
The key skills we are looking for:
- Advanced experience in consulting customers (typical within the Scientific/Life Science community), with proven experience of SaaS Solution implementations
- Advanced understanding of the progression from manual to semi-automated to fully automated laboratory workflows.
- Data integration: Planning, coordinating, and leading teams with the integration of data from various sources
- The ability to clearly document key business requirements
- Strong ability to focus on a data-first architecture and data scientist technology (Databricks, Snowflake) and data warehouse/lake technologies that support lab orchestration activities
- Working with: lab informatics software, building queries, web technologies, and knowledge of file transformations like CSV, XML, XLS, XLSX, and XSL, and strong configuration management.
- In-depth user expertise in Oracle (SQL) as an enterprise tool
- Advanced knowledge of building and deploying APIs
- Delivering high-quality presentations and training, including the ability to present systems diagramming, UML (Universal Markup Language), and ERD (Entity Relationship Diagrams).
- The ability to adjust communication style to speak to the audience with the ability to translate Scientific & Technical language into layman’s terms
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You may also have:
- Experience with laboratory scheduling software, digital lab platforms, LIMS, or data integration solutions.
- Familiarity with LCMS instrumentation, automation hardware, robotics, and instrument connectivity.
- Prior experience in a customer-facing delivery role such as field applications, professional services, or technical consulting.
- Exposure to pre-sales or solution scoping activities, with an appreciation for translating customer needs into defined project scope.
Total Rewards
Dotmatics utilizes a national market-based approach to base pay benchmarking and pay band development. The candidate's final starting pay is based on job-related skills, experience, job-specific qualifications, and location. In addition to base salary, Dotmatics has implemented a total rewards strategy, which is the combination of compensation, benefits, and recognition.
Certain positions are also eligible for variable pay; your recruiter will discuss the full compensation package details.
Other Total Rewards Offered:
- Private Medical
- Wellness Benefits (Mental Health Apps and Fitness Perks)
- Company-paid Life cover
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
- Pension/Retirement Plan
This is the range that we, in good faith, believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
Base Pay Range
£77,909—£105,407 GBP
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Dotmatics is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.
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