Scientist III, Bioinformatics

Position Summary:

A Scientist III, Bioinformatics, will play a pivotal role in developing tools and workflows for assay development. The individual will work closely with a team of bioinformatics scientists, molecular biologists and product managers to gather requirements and implement algorithms for various qPCR-based applications.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Translate internal/external customer needs for software product requirements and build tools for automating routine tasks

• Represent bioinformatics team in internal projects and collaborate with colleagues from diverse functions

• Support custom assay design requests in a time bound manner

• Provide technical guidance on customer calls and communicate with non-technical team members to help support customer requests

• Provide bioinformatics trainings to other colleagues and present regularly in team meetings

Education/Experience Requirements:

• PhD in Computational Biology or a related computational field, with 1-2 years of relevant industry or postdoctoral experience. Alternatively, an M.S. in Computer Science or Bioinformatics, coupled with 3 years of experience in a related field.

• Experience in developing customer-facing products and tools.

• Strong background in designing targeted assays, or transferable expertise in genomics data analysis

• Proficiency with biological databases such as NCBI, COSMIC, IMG, UCSC, among others

• Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacogenomics, and Multi-Omics Data Analysis

• Proven track record as a technical lead on projects, with the ability to translate project requirements into actionable results

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to collaborate effectively in a multi-disciplinary, geographically dispersed team environment

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