Bioinformatician

Cook Children's Health Care System; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cook Children's Health Care System is seeking a Bioinformatician to develop and maintain analytical pipelines for genomic data, perform variant annotation and interpretation, and build tools for clinical decision support. The role advances data integration across genomics, phenotypes, and functional datasets in support of precision clinics and AI-enabled workflows.

The ideal candidate collaborates closely with clinical and research teams to enable genome-informed care and contribute to precision

Qualifications

• 2 years experience in genomic data processing, variant annotation, or large-scale data analysis
• Proficiency in R and/or Python, SQL, Linux/Unix environments, and common bioinformatics workflows

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain analytical pipelines for genomic data.
• Perform variant annotation and interpretation.
• Build tools for clinical decision support.
• Advance data integration across genomics, clinical phenotypes, and functional datasets.
• Support precision clinics, genome-informed care, research, and AI-enabled clinical workflows.
• Collaborate with Cook Children's variant scientists, genetic counselors, clinicians, data scientists, and computational teams.

Skills

Genomic data processing

Variant annotation

Large-scale data analysis

Education

Master's degree in Bioinformatics

Tools

R

Python

SQL

Linux

Job description

Location:

Medical Center Office Building (901 7th Ave)

Department:

Pediatric Precision Health Program

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Standard Weekly Hours:

40

Summary:

The Bioinformatician will support the Cook Children's precision health and precision medicine research ecosystem by developing and maintaining analytical pipelines for genomic data, performing variant annotation and interpretation, building tools for clinical decision support, and advancing data integration across genomics, clinical phenotypes, and functional datasets. This role supports precision clinics, genome-informed care, research, and AI-enabled clinical workflows. This position will collaborate closely with Cook Children's variant scientists, genetic counselors, clinicians, data scientists, and computational teams.

Experience

• 2 years experience in genomic data processing, variant annotation, or large-scale data analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency in R and/or Python, SQL, Linux/Unix environments, and common bioinformatics workflows

Education

• Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics, Data Science, Computer Science, or related field

About Us:

Cook Children's is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children's offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.

Cook Children's is a Texas-only employer. If you are hired, you will need to maintain your primary residence within the state of Texas, along with all licenses and credentials required for your position throughout your employment.