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Job date: 2018-06-01
End Date: 2018-07-31
Company : Guardant Health Country : United States Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2018-06-01
End Date: 2018-07-31
Company : Guardant Health Country : United States Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
As the leader in the field of liquid biopsy, Guardant Health has collected cancer genomic data from over 70,000 patients and is looking for bioinformatics scientists excited about analyzing genetic and epigenetic signals in this data to enable breakthroughs in cancer patient care. RESPONSIBILITIES
Additional Info:
At Guardant Health, we are committed to positively and significantly impacting patient health through technology breakthroughs that address long-standing unmet needs in oncology. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
As the leader in the field of liquid biopsy, Guardant Health has collected cancer genomic data from over 70,000 patients and is looking for bioinformatics scientists excited about analyzing genetic and epigenetic signals in this data to enable breakthroughs in cancer patient care. RESPONSIBILITIES
- Elucidate genetic and epigenetic signals relevant to early cancer detection from large-scale NGS data
- Analyze genomic data from clinical patients and external annotation sources
- Develop reproducible analyses for research and development activities
- Integrate internal and external genomic data sources to improve product performance
- Interact with medial affairs and technology teams to incorporate relevant biological knowledge to design efficient and relevant experiments
- Participate in brainstorming sessions, maintain a highly productive and motivating work environment
- Provide written documentation and specifications
- Ms.C/PhD. in computational biology, machine learning, engineering, genomics or related fields
- Deep understanding of how NGS data is produced and common tools used to analyze it (e.g., BWA, Samtools, etc.)
- Experienced in visualization of complex experiments to derive biological insights
- Proficiency with a high level scripting language (R or Python)
- Experience with good software engineering practices (e.g., unit testing, code documentation) a plus
- Experience leveraging AWS based services (e.g., EC2, S3) to speed analyses
- Familiar with high-performance computing infrastructures (e.g., SGE, Spark)
- Great communicator with great written and verbal fluency in English
- Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision
- Dedicated to make a difference in a rapid-paced startup environment
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Additional Info:
At Guardant Health, we are committed to positively and significantly impacting patient health through technology breakthroughs that address long-standing unmet needs in oncology. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]