Staff Bioinformatics Scientist
| Company | Guardant Health |
|---|---|
| Location | Palo Alto, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | PhD |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Ph.D. in computational biology/bioinformatics, genomics, machine learning, or related field
- Minimum of 8+ years related experience
- Experienced with statistical models for genomic/epigenomic data
- Proficiency with a high-level scripting language (Python/R; Python preferred)
- Experienced in visualization of complex experiments to derive biological insights
- Proficiency creating interactive tools and dashboards (streamlit, CLI tools, etc.)
- Proficiency creating and maintaining large data lakes and automated processing of constantly incoming data
Responsibilities
- Develop, prototype, and analyze performance of novel statistical/machine learning models
- Work closely with other teams to develop new technologies
- Identify relevant external genomic, epigenomic and proteomic data sources and integrate with internal data
- Participate in brainstorming sessions, maintain a highly productive and motivating work environment
- Work cross functionally with other teams to provide insight and feedback on projects
- Provide written documentation and specifications for transparency and reproducibility
Preferred Qualifications
- Cancer biology and/or epigenetics background
- Experience in analyzing public genomic/epigenomic datasets (e.g. TCGA, ENCODE)
- Proficiency with Linux command-line and version control tools (git and GitHub)
- Ability to build reproducible and well written code (or packages) for data analysis
- Familiar with high-performance computing infrastructures (e.g., SGE, AWS, Spark)