Bioinformatics Scientist - Remote
POSITION SUMMARY:
Natera is seeking a Bioinformatics Scientist to join our Bioinformatics Research & Development team with a focus on cancer recurrence monitoring and early cancer detection. Natera’s mission is to change the management of disease worldwide with a focus on reproductive health, cancer, and organ transplantation.
The ideal candidate should have experience in sequencing data analysis, genomics, and/or algorithm development. This individual will analyze large and complex high-throughput cancer genomics datasets. They will also assist in developing novel computational methods, and integrating frameworks developed by our R&D team.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Analyze high-throughput DNA sequencing datasets utilizing understanding of cancer biology and genomics. Help implement and validate novel algorithms and statistical methods.
- Collaborate with molecular biologists and other bioinformatics scientists to answer biological questions
- Contribute to experimental design and quality control
- Help develop tools and end-to-end bioinformatics pipelines
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, engineering, molecular biology, or a related field; Master's degree preferred
- Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience doing high-throughput genomic sequencing analysis
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Experience doing NGS data analysis (e.g. mapping, variant calling, etc.)
- Strong programming skills in a scientific programming language, Python strongly preferred
- Knowledge of genomics, with a preference for familiarity with cancer biology
- Familiarity with public databases such as TCGA, COSMIC, or OncoKB
- Experience with Linux command-line tools and shell scripting
- Ability to conduct hypothesis-driven research, visualize data, and effectively communicate results
- Ability to collaborate effectively, self-motivated, and detail-oriented
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Benefits/Perks401k benefits Commuter benefits Competitive Competitive benefits Comprehensive medical Dental Employee Referral Program Fertility care benefits Free testing Life and disability plans Pregnancy and baby bonding leave Vision
SkillsAlgorithm Development Bioinformatics Collection Data analysis Databases Genetics Genetic Testing Genomics Molecular Biology NGS Oncology Programming Python Quality Control R Research Shell scripting
Tasks- Analysis
- Contribute to experimental design
- Data Analysis
2 years
EducationBachelor's degree Bioinformatics Business Computational biology Computer Science Engineering Genetics Genomics Master's Master's degree preferred Molecular Biology Oncology Related Field Software
RestrictionsRemote position
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