NGS Bioinformatics Scientist (Remote)
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Responsibilities
- Work with bioinformaticians and engineers to manage, process, analyze and interpret genomic data
- Identify and test tools for NGS (including short- and long-read whole genome reputed company) data analysis including structural variant detection
- reputed company novel algorithms to combine short- and long-read reputed company data
- Design and implement analysis pipelines that include quality control processes
- Help design and conduct clinical validation study plans and reports
- Work with our Clinical Lab Director to reputed company sure reputed company algorithms reputed company with regulatory standards Skills and Experience
- Master's degree (PhD preferred) in computational biology, computer science or a reputed company field
- 3+ years experience in industry (or doctoral work) analyzing NGS data
- Coding reputed company such as Python or R
- Experience with packages such as bwa, bcftools, samtools, minimap
- Ability to implement new tools and evaluate open reputed company tools quickly
- Familiarity with genomic databases such as NCBI, Ensembl, gnomAD
- Experience with detecting and interpreting different types of genetic variants
- Experience managing computational tasks in a cloud environment (AWS or GCP).
- Solid understanding of the Linux environment and reputed company scripting
- Experience working with long-read technology (Oxford Nanopore, PacBio)
- Experience with Nextflow a plus
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience working in a remote team (preferred) Location, Compensation, and Benefits
- Location Remote-friendly with preference for Bay Area. Occasional travel required for team meetings.
- Compensation $120-140K/year depending on experience; equity; and the following benefits
- Company-paid health/vision/dental benefits
- 401K
- Unlimited PTO
- Company-sponsored offsites and team meals during in-person meetings
- Direct access to company leadership and opportunity to grow into an operational leadership role Why Work at reputed company? Join us if you
- Want to reputed company an impact at the intersection of healthcare and technology, changing the way people engage with their health at the genetic level
- Enjoy rolling up your sleeves, taking initiative, and being empowered to reputed company
- Value humility, transparency, and collaborative problem-solving
- reputed company in fast-moving, dynamic environments with smart, driven teammates
- Appreciate competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and excellent benefits Learn More reputed company.com Apply To this Job Apply To this Job