Bioinformatics Scientist

Job ID: 461868433
Job date: 2017-11-19
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Company : Helix 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
The Helix Bioinformatics team is seeking passionate and motivated individuals to join our cross-functional team to develop and apply cutting-edge approaches to processing, analyzing, annotating, and interpreting population-scale human genome sequence data for consumer products. You will work closely with lab operations, engineering, applied genomics, product, and design, to create our world-class genomics platform. If you like the idea of building out a large-scale clinical genomics platform and changing the way everyone understands their DNA, then this is the ideal opportunity for you.

As a Bioinformatics Scientist, you will:

  • Deliver the highest quality genetic data to customers
  • Design, implement, and test novel next-generation sequencing analysis methods
  • Develop of best-practices for quality assessment, control, and benchmarking of sequencing assays and analysis methods
  • Support laboratory R&D efforts in a large-scale clinical, CLIA or CAP production environment
  • Wrangle large datasets and generating insightful reports
Required background:
  • PhD or MS and equivalent experience in Genetics, Biology, or Bioinformatics, or related field
  • Significant experience in hands-on analysis of next-generation sequencing data, particularly WES or WGS
  • Quantitative training with basic understanding of probability and statistics
  • Ability to be self-driven and work well together in a cross-functional and interdisciplinary team
  • Proficiency in Unix environments
  • Experience with high performance computing environments and/or cloud-based environments
  • Programming experience using statistical tools such as R and scripting languages such as Python or Perl
  • Responsive to feedback
  • Keen attention to detail
Ideal candidate will have:
  • Experience developing new methods for analyzing next-generation sequencing data
  • Experience with genome-wide association studies or human population genetics / statistical genetics including imputation and haplotyping
  • Experience with communicating results and concepts to a diverse audience including geneticists, engineers, laboratory scientists and business development professionals
  • Familiarity with development or management of pipelines in production environments
  • Familiar with application-level programming languages such as Java or C/C++


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What Helix has to offer you:

Aside from working alongside brilliant, dedicated, passionate, down-to-earth, curious, warm, and thoughtful people, we also provide great benefits:

-Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity

-Health insurance, including medical, dental, and vision

-12 weeks of Maternity or Paternity leave

-401(k) with employer matching

-On-premise nursing room

-Corporate fitness rate

-Commuter benefits

-Catered meals

-Flexible PTO

Helix is a rapidly growing startup focused on personal genomics. Helix has a simple but powerful mission: to empower every person to improve their life through DNA. We’re creating an ecosystem where people can explore diverse and uniquely personalized applications provided by high-quality partners. Helix handles sample collection, DNA sequencing, and secure data storage so that our partners can develop on-demand products in areas such as health, fitness, nutrition, lifestyle, genealogy, and inherited traits.

Helix is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and operates one of the world’s largest next-generation sequencing laboratories in San Diego.

You can learn more at www.helix.com or follow @my_helix.

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