Bioinformatician

BugSeq; Canada; Remote; CAD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A bioinformatics technology company is seeking a talented bioinformatician to design and evaluate tools and pipelines focused on antimicrobial resistance. This role involves developing core features for an innovative platform, authoring scientific materials, and leveraging user feedback for improvement. Candidates should have experience with big data analysis and solid programming skills in technologies like Python and Docker. This position offers a flexible remote work environment for candidates located in Canada.

Qualifications

• Self-starter who can design and build new analysis functionality.
• Experience in bioinformatics analyses.
• Comfortable learning new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop core features for bioinformatics platform.
• Author scientific papers and marketing material.
• Incorporate user feedback for product improvement.
• Identify new technologies and best practices.

Skills

Bioinformatics tools development

Big data analysis

Scientific writing

Experience with antimicrobial resistance data

High code quality

Education

Degree in bioinformatics or computational biology

Tools

Python

Nextflow

Docker

Conda

AWS

Job description

BugSeq Bioinformatics is empowering clinical and public health microbiology laboratories to adopt DNA/RNA sequencing and transform diagnostic microbiology. We build BugSeq, an automated analysis platform that takes raw data and produces actionable reports, elucidating microbes and their complexities. BugSeq services many of the biggest hospital networks and public health labs globally.

We are looking for a talented bioinformatician to design and evaluate novel tools, algorithms and pipelines for our platform, with a focus on antimicrobial resistance. We are looking for developers who are excited about launching new products and features into production, can work autonomously, leverage data to inform decisions, and don't back down from the challenges of scale. Our ideal candidate has experience building bioinformatic tools from the ground up, analysing big data and publishing results in the peer‑reviewed literature.

Job responsibilities

• Design and develop core features for a bioinformatics platform that is truly first of its kind
• Author scientific papers, blog posts and marketing material validating our analyses and comparing them to alternative methods
• Incorporate user feedback to design and build a better product
• Identify new technologies and best practices for our growing team
• You'll be working with modern technologies like Python, Nextflow, Docker, Conda, AWS, etc.

Required skills

• You have completed a degree in bioinformatics, computational biology or a related field
• You are a self‑starter who can prioritize what to work on and fully design, build and write tests for new analysis functionality
• You have a few years of experience doing bioinformatics analyses
• You have authored or contributed to several bioinformatics papers
• Experience with antimicrobial resistance data, including both genotype and phenotype
• You strongly believe in high code quality, automated testing and other engineering best practices
• You are comfortable learning new technologies and systems

Salary range: $95,000 – 125,000

Location: This job is offered remotely but you must be located within Canada.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

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