Bioinformatics Scientist

Posted on by Micaela Brun
Job ID: R0000423
Job date: 2017-08-06
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Company : Human Longevity 

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Role : Research Scientist 


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Job Description:
Tasks and Responsibilities :

  • Develop and apply novel statistical, bioinformatics, and data mining algorithms and applications
  • Develop and implement methods for assembling, phasing, annotating and characterizing human genomes at an industrial scale
  • Carry out association analyses with sophisticated genotypic, microbiomic, metabolomic, proteomic and phenotypic information
Minimum Qualifications (Must have) :
  • Ph.D in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Statistics, Computer Science or closely related fields with a focus on applications of next generation sequencing (NGS)
  • Strong programming skills, and the ability to design and prototype computational algorithms in C++, Python, R, Java, or C#
  • Comfortable in a Linux environment
  • Established track record applying innovative methods to drive project success
  • Demonstrate outstanding personal initiative and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
  • Collaborate with diverse scientists from computational and experimental backgrounds
  • Demonstrates excellent verbal and written and communication skills
  • Must have excellent familiarity with computational, statistical or mathematical methods
  • Prior experience working with large-scale genetics and genomics datasets (Big Data)
  • Prior experience working in a CLIA lab environment
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working in cloud environment, Amazon Web Services (AWS) preferred
  • 2+ years’ experience in a startup organization
  • 2+ years post-graduate experience
  • Publications demonstrating expertise in one or more of the following: assembly, phasing, structural variant identification, SNP calling, genome annotation, or GWAS
Working Conditions :
  • Open office environment
  • Global environment with multiple sites, which may require work beyond standard business hours
  • Prolonged periods of sitting, standing, bending and kneeling
  • Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds

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Additional Info:
Human Longevity, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer

DISCLAIMER: The information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities of an employee to this job

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