Research Informatics Summer Intern
Company Overview
Tango Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering novel drug targets and delivering the next generation of precision medicine for the treatment of cancer.
Using an approach that starts and ends with patients, Tango leverages the genetic principle of synthetic lethality to discover and develop therapies that take aim at critical targets in cancer.
This includes expanding the universe of precision oncology targets into novel areas such as tumor suppressor gene loss and their contribution to the ability of cancer cells to evade immune cell killing.
The Tango labs and offices are located at 201 Brookline Avenue, in the Fenway area of Boston, Massachusetts
Summary
Tango has an exciting opportunity for a summer intern to join our research informatics team to help develop and support our internal research data warehouse application and an assortment of data pipelines. We offer the opportunity to learn about a diverse array of cutting-edge technologies and how they are applied to solve complex and exciting scientific problems. By joining a small team developing solutions for a diverse range of internal customers, this position offers opportunities to work on an array of projects.
Your Role:
You will contribute to the full lifecycle of software development, including requirements gathering, architectural design, prototyping, coding, testing, and CI/CD
Create meaningful documentation to accompany new features
Understand how scientific software applications work and help Tango scientists derive maximum value from them
What You Bring:
Currently enrolled in a degree program in computer science, data science, informatics, or similar; may have University coursework in biology, chemistry, or related
Familiar with biology and/or chemistry concepts
Possess a strong understanding of at least one modern programming language (we leverage python heavily)
Familiar with full stack web development concepts (we use Django)
Understanding of relational databases
Excellent communication skills
Experience with data science or machine learning preferred
Experience with cloud-native development (we use AWS) preferred
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.