Bioinformatics Scientist

Job ID: R0000283
Job date: 2017-02-25
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Company : Human Longevity, Inc 

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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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