Bioinformatics Scientist II-Remote, USA

Compensation: $115,000-150,000 per year. You are eligible to a Short-Term Incentive Plan with the target at 7.5% of your annual earnings, terms and conditions apply.

Bioinformatics Scientist II-Remote, USA

As a member of Ambry’s Analytics group, you’ll be responsible for NGS data analysis, developing and maintaining our bioinformatics pipeline. This work will entail close interaction with a cross functional team of engineers, wet lab scientists, and clinicians with the goal of launching new diagnostic products and improvements.

Essential Functions

• Provide bioinformatics support to R&D by analyzing and interpreting NGS data
• Validate new assays and clinical product development
• Perform NGS data analysis and QA/QC platform
• Provide trouble shooting and improvement for bioinformatics pipeline and applications for clinical tests
• Develop new methods and maintain bioinformatics pipelines
• Work with statisticians in validation of new methods, including data collection and analysis algorithms
• Develop features/tools assisting clinical and genetic analysis
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, structural biology, biophysics, biology and computer science, or related discipline plus at least 6+ years industrial experience
• Experience with Illumina sequencing data and bioinformatics NGS pipelines
• Strong knowledge of current theories and principals of bioinformatics and computational biology
• Proficiency in the use of bioinformatics software, packages, and database
• Proficiency with Python and Linux/Unix environment
• Proficiency in utilizing and development biomolecular modeling and dynamics tools
• Strong skills in the application of statistical analytical methods in genetic data analysis
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work within a team, among cross-departments, and as an independent contributor, requiring minimal supervision
• Proficiency using version control tools such as GIT or Bitbucket

Preferred

• PhD degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, structural biology, biophysics, biology and computer science, or related discipline plus at least 2 years post-doctoral research experience or industrial experience
• MS degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, structural biology, biophysics, biology and computer science, or related discipline plus at least 4+ years industrial experience
• Experience with Perl, Python, R, bash, C/C++, and SQL
• Experience working in a cloud environment

About Us: 

Ambry Genetics Corporation is a CAP-accredited and CLIA-licensed molecular genetics laboratory based in Aliso Viejo, California. We are a genetics-based healthcare company that is dedicated to open scientific exchange so we …