Who We Are
Biotax is a leading provider of cutting-edge technologies and services, offering biological and genomic informatics solutions for pharma companies, hospitals, and medical centers. Founded by a group of leading researchers whose mission is to help patients by creating new diagnostics and treatment protocols.
Our Technology
Includes safe and personalized biological microbiome manipulation processes supported by cutting edge meta-genomic AI analysis platforms
Leadership Team
Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky
Co-Founder, CS
Head of the Microbiome Lab,The Technion, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Integrated Cancer Center.Her research combining systems-biology with microbiology and immunology to study the interactions between gut microbes and the host immune system in health and disease. Her Ph.D from the Weizmann Institute, studying systems-biology of protein dynamics in cancer. Her postdoctoral was at Harvard Medical School, studying gut microbiota-host interactions
Shay Hilel
Co Founder, CEO
Serial entrepreneur with vast experience as founder, senior executive & business manager CEO and Co founder of BrainVu (Acquired in 2018 ). Head of the Alcatel Lucent Digital Multimedia Division (Was Spin-off and acquired by Nantworks in 2014 ). Shay worked both in startups and corporate organizations with a verity of hands-on technology leadership roles
Dean Light
Co Founder,CTO
A computational biology & SW architect expert focusing on complex multidisciplinary problems. Prior to BiotaX, Dean was software architect @Technion Data & Knowledge (TDK) Lab - the computer science faculty and developer team lead @Lamm lab - the department of biology , Technion.
Dean holds an M.Sc. in Biology and B.Sc. in both Mathematics and Computer Science from the Technion.
Dean is a recipient of the 2019 Sherman award for distinguished academic achievement in multidisciplinary research.
Advisory Board / Consulting
Assistant Professor
Itai Sharon
Dr. Sharon is the head of the Computational Microbiology group at Migal - Galilee Research Institute and is an assistant professor at the Computer Science Department at Tel-Hai College. His research focuses on developing advanced computational methods for the study of the microbiome in humans and other environments using NGS data.
Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Half (MD)
Assistant Professor Elizabeth Half (MD) and senior researcher, specialist in gastroenterology and hepatology, Director of the Early Detection and Cancer Prevention Unit at Rambam Medical Center, director of the Hereditary Cancer Clinic and the BRCA Carrier Clinic
Biotax was selected by illumina
Feb 8, 2021
Illumina Accelerator Invests in Nine Genomics Startups for Second Global Cycle
Open Positions
Biotax is a well-funded company that aims to change the way in which cancer diagnostics and treatment development is done. Joining Biotax AT this stage will mean joining the core and future leadership team of the company where your work at Biotax could make an impact and help save lives.
As a growing Biotechnology Startup, we are looking for new team members who are tapping in to the forefront of research and development of advanced Genomics, Machine learning BigData Microbiology.
Data Engineer
Full Time
Biotax is looking for a Data Engineer to join the RnD team and take a key role in developing and optimizing algorithms and data pipelines for the metagenomic diagnostic platform.
Who are you
You are a talented motivated individual who is passionate about working with us to make a meaningful impact in the world of early cancer detection and prevention. You have experience in developing pipelines and working with data. Simultaneously, you want to take your software development, DevOps and MLOps skills to the next level.
Why you should join Biotax
Biotax is a well-funded company that aims to change the way in which cancer diagnostics and treatment development is done today. We are tapping into the forefront of advanced solutions in ML research, ML ops and cloud based automation. Working with us, you could build next generation genomic pipelines while using and contributing to the state of the art in data versioning and lineage,MLOps and DevOps. Joining us in this stage will mean joining the core and future leadership of the company. Your work at Biotax could help save lives while improving your ability and productivity as a top-class Data Engineer.
Primary Responsibilities
Be at the core of the RnD team, taking charge of developing and optimizing algorithms, together with our CTO.
Build and optimize data pipelines that integrate multiple data sources.
Take ownership and improve our dataOps cycle in the company, while learning from experts in the field of DevOps and MLOps.
Participate in the invention and development of new algorithms architectures and tools.
Implement and support integration of automation frameworks for training, testing and deployment of new models.
Participate in writing patents and other documentation on the underlying IP.
Technical Requirements
At least 2+ years of industry experience in a Data engineer position.
Knowledge in a high level programming language and a scripting language.
Experience in Unix environments.
Experience in working with cli of cloud service providers.
Experience in Kubernetes.
Experience with automated ML ops solutions – advantage
Experience with biological/medical/genomic domains - advantage
Personal Requirements
Can explore and research for new solutions from varying sources.
Collaborate effectively with people with diverse background and skills.
Quick learner, highly adaptable to new stacks.
Ability to work well in teams and with external consultants/personnel.
Excellent communication skills.
Desire to grow together with and within the company.