Senior Bioinformatics Scientist - Remote

Overview

An overview paragraph about the job

In Short

• Develop novel assays, algorithms, machine learning and statistical models to detect oncology related biomarkers from cell free next-generation sequencing (NGS) data
• Design and conduct analyses applying deep genomic and epigenomic knowledge to derive key insights from large multi-modal datasets
• Design and execute experiments to characterize performance and support various regulatory submissions.
• Produce high quality and detailed documentation for all projects.
• Communicate results with other scientific teams as well as product and bioinformatics leadership.
• Lead, mentor and/or train other scientists and engineers

Requirements

• Must have completed a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, or Computer Science
• At least 5-10 years of industry or academic experience
• Computational skills using Python and/or R
• Proven scientific reputation as demonstrated by scientific publication and/or contribution to successful product development in industry
• Expertise in developing NGS pipelines using contemporary tools for processing and analyzing NGS data (including epigenetics, DNA, RNA) within a high performance computing environment
• In-depth knowledge of creating statistical models and developing predictive or prognostic algorithms
• Demonstrated effective communication and presentation skills
• Self-driven and works well in interdisciplinary teams

Benefits

• Full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits