Job Description:
We are seeking passionate and talented individuals to join us in realizing our mission, which has the potential to dramatically reduce the global burden of cancer. The Bioinformatics R&D Scientist will be responsible for technical development of improved and novel methods, analyses, pipelines, and algorithms for GRAIL’s laboratory developed tests. The Scientist must be passionate about innovating new applications of next generation sequencing and driving novel discoveries to enable next generation of diagnostic testing. The ideal candidate would be experienced with large data analysis, use mathematics and computer science to creatively solve problems, convert solutions into efficient scalable programs to be run in the cloud and high performance computing environments. TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Additional Info:
GRAIL is a life sciences company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured. GRAIL is using the power of high-intensity sequencing, population-scale clinical trials, and state of the art Computer Science and Data Science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology and develop blood tests for early-stage cancer detection. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
We are seeking passionate and talented individuals to join us in realizing our mission, which has the potential to dramatically reduce the global burden of cancer. The Bioinformatics R&D Scientist will be responsible for technical development of improved and novel methods, analyses, pipelines, and algorithms for GRAIL’s laboratory developed tests. The Scientist must be passionate about innovating new applications of next generation sequencing and driving novel discoveries to enable next generation of diagnostic testing. The ideal candidate would be experienced with large data analysis, use mathematics and computer science to creatively solve problems, convert solutions into efficient scalable programs to be run in the cloud and high performance computing environments. TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze deepest NGS datasets generated to date.
- Create statistical models to uncover hidden patterns in the data.
- Implement efficient software to analyze billions of sequencing reads per sample across millions of samples.
- Collaborate with world best R&D experimental and computational scientists to develop novel cutting-edge genomics products.
- Passionate coder with deep knowledge of one of the following programming languages: C/C++, Python, Go, Java.
- Excellent command of unix environment, shell scripting, R.
- Scientific mindset, creative thinker, passionate about R&D.
- Deep understanding of NGS assays and data, experience with advanced computational biology projects.
- Ph.D. or Masters in Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Genetics, Genomics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related field is highly desirable.
- Enthusiastic to work as part of cross disciplinary R&D team.
Requeriments :
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Bioinformatics
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Computer Science
- Master’s Degree in Genetics
Skills :
- HPC
- Lunix/Unix
- Mathematics
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Programing in C
- Programing in C++
- Programing in Python
- Programming in Java
- Programming in R
- Statistics
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Additional Info:
GRAIL is a life sciences company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured. GRAIL is using the power of high-intensity sequencing, population-scale clinical trials, and state of the art Computer Science and Data Science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology and develop blood tests for early-stage cancer detection. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]