R developer (Contract, South San Francisco, CA)

Job ID: 529251
Job date: 2017-03-11
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Company : SQA Solution 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
We seek a talented R package developer to participate in the implementation, improvement and maintenance of tools used by the client's Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Department. A successful candidate will work as part of a team of four in a diverse and deeply experienced group of scientists and engineers. Our group focuses on methods development / integration on topics such as RNASeq-based isoform quantitation, ChIPSeq and NGS-derived DNA copy number + LOH quantification. We also create prototype GUIs (Shiny, etc.) to help our bench scientists get hands-on with their data.

Responsibilities:

-Implement and/or integrate genomic methods in a linux + R environment.

-Apply software engineering best practices to bring prototype bioinformatics pipelines into production.

-Create prototype GUIs for analysis tools (Shiny, Spotfire, etc.)

-Perform bioinformatics analyses supporting large-scale drug-screening and CRISPR knockout experiments (depending on candidate background).

Skills:

-Expert R language programmer

-CRAN/BioConductor package authors preferred

-julia, perl, python, etc. and C and SQL also helpful

-Experience analyzing NGS data

-UNIX/linux proficiency

-Understanding of bioinformatics tools

-Familiarity with R’s BioConductor tools is a plus

Education:

M.S or Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistics or similar


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Additional Info:
This is a 12-month contract role in South San Francisco, CA

**W2 ONLY NO 3RD PARTIES**

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