Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

Requirements

• PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Bioengineering, Physics or related field
• 3-5 years of biology or bioinformatics research experience (during PhD or afterwards)
• 2-3 years of experience analyzing NGS data (during PhD or afterwards)
• Expertise in Python
• Familiarity with R, or other programming languages used for data visualization
• Experience using data structures and industry tools, (GitHub, AWS, Heroku, PostgreSQL)
• Experience with command-line tools and shell scripting within UNIX environments
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, ability to work across functional teams and with non-experts.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and troubleshoot day-to-day operations for clinical NGS data analysis
• Analyze our assay performance and contribute to publications that demonstrate the clinical validity and utility of our tests
• Design new quality metrics and processes for clinical molecular diagnostic assays
• Collaborate and build microservice solutions with 10+ other clinically-oriented teams at BillionToOne
• Support the development of sophisticated and robust NGS analysis pipelines capable of processing tens of thousands of samples
• Communicate assay performance and capabilities to clinical personnel at weekly meetings and to external stakeholders, clinicians, and scientists.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Experience in leading and managing projects involving external team stakeholders
• Experience in mentoring or managing direct reports
• Biophysics, Molecular biology (DNA purification, PCR, electrophoresis), DNA synthesis, or next-generation DNA sequencing laboratory experience
• IT troubleshooting experience