Translational Systems Toxicology Intern
Johnson & Johnson is hiring a Translational Systems Toxicology Intern. It pays $24-$53/hr and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
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Drive development and maintenance of automated update workflows for a genomics-pharmacology database as a summer intern.
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com
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Job Description
Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C. develops treatments that improve the health and lifestyles of people worldwide. Research and development is focused on novel targets for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, but also includes CNS, oncology and metabolic disorders. For more about Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., one of the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, visit http://www.janssenpharmaceuticalsinc.com
Join the Translational Systems Toxicology team as a summer intern and drive the development and maintenance of automated update workflows for our genomics-pharmacology database, a critical resource for advancing our pipeline. Transform genomic and pharmacological data sources into structured, analysis-ready datasets, and build reliable, reproducible pipelines that keep the database current. Partner with scientists and engineers across functions to accelerate decisions in preclinical safety assessment.
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Responsibility
• Development and maintenance of automated database update workflows (scheduling, monitoring, alerts) to ensure timely, reproducible refreshes for our existing database.
• Support and improve existing database integration pipelines to ingest and harmonize preclinical and clinical datasets (genomics, pharmacology, toxicology, chemistry/assay results, etc.), including data cleaning, harmonization, verification, and annotation.
• Build and maintain reproducible analysis scripts and dashboards to support exploratory analysis and reporting.
• Document data models, pipelines, SOPs, and work instructions to enable hand-off and reuse.
• Collaborate closely with safety scientists, bioinformaticians, and data engineers to refine requirements and prioritize tasks.
• Follow data security, privacy, and compliance practices for handling sensitive research data.
Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a Master’s, or PhD program in Data Science, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Strong foundation in programming (Linux, Python or R) and experience writing reproducible code.
- Working knowledge of biological, genomics and toxicology concepts.
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
- Familiarity with data cleaning, transformation, and basic exploratory data analysis.
- Experience with workflow/orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, GitHub Actions, or similar).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Domino or GCP) and containerization (Docker).
- Prior exposure to front end design scripts (Javascript, Rshiny or similar)
- Experience with version control (git) and code review practices.
- Good written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain technical work to scientific and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team and manage tasks independently.
- Candidates must have authorization to work in the US.
- Experience with Natural language processing and AI tools.
*This role has a flexible scheduling system once the offer has been accepted.
Permanently authorized to work in the U.S., must not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g., H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future. Students currently on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT usually requires future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers . Internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$23.50/hr to $52.50/hrAdditional Description for Pay Transparency:
The expected pay range for this position is between $23.50 per hour and $52.50 per hour but will be based on candidate's program year, discipline, degree and/or experience. Co-Ops/Interns are eligible to participate in Company sponsored employee medical benefits in accordance with the terms of the plan. Co-Ops and Interns are eligible for the following sick time benefits: up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington, up to 56 hours per calendar year. Co-Ops and Interns are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension). For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits This job posting is anticipated to close on [9/3/2027]. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.How we rate this
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- What NLP problem have you worked on, and how did you measure whether it actually worked?
- Tell me about a project where genomics was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where pharmacology was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where data pipelines was part of your work. What did you do?
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