Senior Scientist/Scientist, Bioinformatics
- Full-time
- Department: R&D
- Location: SF Bay R&D
Company Description
GeneGenieDx is a biotech company founded in 2020 in San Jose, California. Our current focus is on developing cutting-edge bioinformatics and machine learning algorithms to enable the discovery of novel biomarkers and translate them into clinical diagnostic applications.
You can learn more about us by visiting https://genegeniedx.com/
Job Description
We are looking for a highly motivated computational biologist/ bioinformatician to join our team.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop novel computational methods for analyses of multi-omics data; identify gaps in existing methods/tools and develop novel solutions to bridge them.
- Complement the business development team in technical meetings and interactions with the customers; develop exemplary case-studies on multi-omics data to validate and demonstrate the novelty and quality of the solutions.
- Author publications by working with external academic collaborators and present in conferences
- Work with the software engineering team to implement the solutions in production-quality software.
Qualifications
- Master’s or Ph.D. degree, preferably in computational biology, bioinformatics, data/computer science, machine learning/AI, or statistics.
- be driven and have a get-things-done mindset and can work in a collaborative environment.
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience in developing bioinformatics pipelines, implementation of algorithms for NGS data, and analysis of multi-omics data.
- Understand typical pipelines and methods, such as RNA-seq, sequence alignment, genome assembly, variant calling, etc.
- Familiar with general bioinformatics software and can investigate/install/understand the usage of state-of-the-art methods and tools.
- Familiar with the statistical methods in genomic analysis and the basics of machine learning/AI methods.
- Coding and software engineering:
- Fluency in Python programming language, and ability to quickly learn and program in a new language when required.
- Familiar with software testing, code review practices, version control systems such as Git, and container deployments.
- Preferably had experience working with the cloud computing environment and/or Linux servers.
Additional Information
Join our team and grow with us:
- Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives, and retirement plan
- Health care and well-being programs including competitive medical, dental, vision & medical benefits
- Generous paid time off including vacation, sick time, holidays, and discretionary winter shutdown
- 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
- Other comprehensive voluntary benefits include but are not limited to pet insurance, life insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), discount programs, and many more
- We continue to optimize our benefits & wellness programs as we grow our organization to make sure they meet our diverse workforce needs
- Hybrid work opportunities.