Genomics Data Scientist — Reproducible Bioinformatics

Mercor; Greater London; Remote; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a bioinformatics researcher to perform realistic, multi-step analyses on omics data and to craft precise, objective questions with anonymized datasets from public archives. You will leverage samtools, BWA, Python, and R to produce reproducible results and a validating Jupyter notebook.

Strong writing and data interpretation skills are essential for clear communication of assumptions and uncertainties.

Qualifications

• Master/PhD in bioinformatics or related field.
• Experience analyzing sequencing/omics data from raw reads to interpretation.
• Proficient in relevant command-line tools.
• Ability to write and run reproducible Jupyter notebooks.
• Clear scientific writing.
• Access to datasets is a plus.
• Deep knowledge in niche areas is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Complete realistic, multi-step scientific data-analysis tasks in bioinformatics
• Write original bioinformatics questions where each answer is exact and objective
• Choose and anonymize data (e.g. from public archives such as GEO, SRA/ENA, ArrayExpress, PRIDE, PDB, MGnify or from your own unpublished lab data) for the model to analyze
• Use scientific software, code, and command-line tools to generate reproducible analyses and structured final outputs
• Develop a Jupyter validation notebook, analyzing the data in Python or R, which reproduces the correct answer to your question
• Interpret results in the context of the underlying biological or translational question, clearly communicating assumptions, uncertainty, and conclusions

Skills

Omics data analysis

Jupyter notebooks

Scientific writing

Data interpretation

Education

Masters or PhD in bioinformatics or related field

Tools

samtools

bcftools

bedtools

BWA

Bowtie2

BLAST

Python (pandas, Biopython, pysam)

R/Bioconductor (DESeq2, edgeR, limma, GenomicRanges)

Job description

Mercor is seeking a bioinformatics researcher to perform realistic, multi-step analyses on omics data and to craft precise, objective questions with anonymized datasets from public archives. You will leverage samtools, BWA, Python, and R to produce reproducible results and a validating Jupyter notebook.

Strong writing and data interpretation skills are essential for clear communication of assumptions and uncertainties.