Bioinformatics Associate (Temp)

Job ID: 276372338
Job date: 2017-04-28
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Company : Complete Genomics 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
We are looking for a motivated Bioinformatics Associate to join our research team in advancing next generation systems of high-throughput DNA sequencing. The individual’s main responsibilities will be to work with research scientists by providing data analysis for the development of our in-house platform. The successful candidate should work well in a team environment, have a keen desire to delve into vast amounts of data, and be capable of devising new methods of analysis. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a talented and dynamic team working on novel approaches for understanding human genetics and disease.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

-Coordinate with researchers to analyze, interpret and troubleshoot experimental results. Provide quantitative/qualitative feedback (or related, software-based tools) to other teams.

-Collaborate with researchers, engineers, cloud-based service developers and other analysts to build solutions that drive development of interdisciplinary projects.

-Generate simple, yet insightful, visuals that encapsulate meaningful trends, patterns, or other observations of importance. Present findings and general progress on a weekly basis.

-Perform other work related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

-Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Computer Science or Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology with experience in computer programming.

-Experience programming in Python is absolutely required.

-Must be able to write scripts in Unix/Linux and/or Windows environment.

-Excellent analytical and organizational skills, with great attention to detail in coding practices.

-Able to execute complex analyses in a timely manner.

-Strong presentation and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications :

-Ability to independently investigate unexplained phenomena and expose underlying trends through data diving and insightful manipulation.

-Strong interest in genomic sciences.

-Experience with large (genomic) datasets a plus.

-Experience programming in R and/or C++ is a plus


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Complete Genomics is an established technology leader in whole human genome sequencing based in San Jose, California. Using its proprietary sequencing instruments, chemistry, and software, the company has sequenced more than 20,000 whole human genomes. Our company’s mission is to improve human health by providing researchers and clinicians with the core technologies to understand, prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases and conditions.

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