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. POSITION SUMMARY The Staff Bioinformatics Scientist will be part of product development team and will be responsible for technical leadership in the development of improved methods, analysis, pipelines, and algorithms of next-generation sequencing data, for cancer detection, conformant to CLIA guidelines. 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. POSITION SUMMARY The Staff Bioinformatics Scientist will be part of product development team and will be responsible for technical leadership in the development of improved methods, analysis, pipelines, and algorithms of next-generation sequencing data, for cancer detection, conformant to CLIA guidelines. TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Participate in the design and coordination of product development activities, implementing, prototyping, testing and optimizing existing product features.
- Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
- Exercise judgment in defining methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Collaborate with software engineering, marketing, operations, biostatistics and bioinformatics teams, as well as internal and external customers and stakeholders.
- Provide regular progress reports and accurate updates on schedules, plans and technology readiness.
- Translate findings into recommendations for the development of new products.
- Ph.D. or Masters in Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Genetics, Genomics, Computer Science, or related field is highly desirable.
- Minimum 7 years relevant experience.
- Familiarity with CAP/CLIA and other professional society guidelines for NGS diagnostics.
- Demonstrated ability to work with assay teams on in depth understanding of assay performance and improvement.
- Experience designing and developing clinical grade bioinformatics next generation sequencing data analysis solutions.
- Strong command of statistics as applied to analysis of NGS data and analytical study design Demonstrated expertise in at least one programming language (Java, Perl, Python, etc.), proficiency in Linux environment, knowledge of database technologies (SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB), understanding of web services technologies, experience with source control practices and tools (Perforce, Git, etc.).
- Deep knowledge of both academic and commercial informatics solutions.
- Demonstrated technical leaderships skills and a history of success working in cross functional teams.
- Strong communicator with ability to maintain open communication with internal employees, managers and customers as needed, ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical end-users.
- Understanding of statistical packages such as R or Matlab is desirable.
Requeriments :
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Bioinformatics
- M.Sc. or higher Degree in Computer Science
- Master’s Degree in Genetics
Skills :
- Lunix/Unix
- MongoDB
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Programing in Python
- Programing Skills
- Programming in Java
- Programming in Matlab
- Programming in PERL
- Programming in R
- SQL
Areas :
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]