Field Applications Scientist - Bioinformatics - Northeast

Oxford Nanopore Technologies; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Stock

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Short-term disability coverage

Long-term disability coverage

Basic life insurance

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is seeking a Field Applications Scientist, Bioinformatics, to partner with our Sales team and customers across the Northeast region. You will provide pre- and post-sales technical expertise on sequencing platforms and software—helping researchers design experiments, analyze data, and achieve successful outcomes.

You will travel to customer sites and conferences, deliver trainings, and drive adoption of ONT technologies while building lasting relationships.

Qualifications

• PhD in Life Sciences or equivalent field with customer-facing experience.
• Experience in field applications / technical support and experimental design.
• Strong genomics / bioinformatics knowledge and large NGS data analysis.
• Familiarity with Python, R or Perl and UNIX; AWS cloud experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technical consultations across the sales cycle.
• Provide on-site engagements at key accounts and conferences.
• Guide customers on experimental design and software usage.
• Manage customer relationships from a technical perspective.
• Track interactions in the CRM and monitor market trends.

Skills

Genomics

Data analysis

Programming (Python, R, Perl)

UNIX

Cloud computing (AWS)

High performance compute

Education

PhD in Life Sciences

Tools

NGS pipelines

HPC clusters

Job description

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. is seeking a Field Applications Scientist, Bioinformatics, to partner closely with our Sales team and customers. You'll provide pre- and post-sales technical expertise across our sequencing platforms and software—helping researchers design experiments, analyze data, and achieve successful outcomes while strengthening long-term relationships. This is a field-based role supporting customers across the Northeast region. Candidates should reside within the territory, within New England/ NY / NJ/ PA to support frequent customer engagement and regional travel. The role requires frequent local customer visits and occasional overnight travel, up to approximately 40%, and may include technical support for adjacent territories as business needs require.

What you’ll do

Partner with Sales to deliver high-quality technical consultations across the sales cycle; provide back-up technical support to adjacent territories. Deliver technical presentations, seminars, trainings, and on-site engagements at key accounts and scientific conferences. Guide customers on experimental design, software usage, analysis workflows, and best practices for ONT technologies. Manage key customer relationships from a technical perspective to ensure successful adoption and outcomes. Document and track customer interactions, inquiries, and actions in the CRM. Monitor competitive technologies and market trends; share actionable insights with commercial and product teams.

What you’ll bring

• Education: PhD in Life Sciences (or equivalent experience in a commercial, customer-facing scientific role).
• Experience: Prior field applications/technical support experience; hands-on experimental design and genomic data analysis (e.g., whole-genome and transcriptome). Long-read sequencing experience is a plus.
• Domain knowledge: Strong foundation in genetics, genomics, molecular biology, cell biology, bioinformatics or related disciplines.
• Data & analysis: Background working with large NGS datasets and pipelines such as genome assembly/annotation, variant calling, structural variants, transcriptomics, or phylogenetics.
• Programming & platforms: Proficiency in one or more of Python, R, Perl; comfortable in UNIX environments. Experience in cloud computing platforms such as AWS. Proven experience in high performance compute clusters.

Travel & work style

Field-based role with frequent local customer visits and occasional overnight travel (up to ~40%).

Compensation/Benefits

• The salary for this role is between $97,479 and $121,849. The salary offered will reflect the skills and experience of the candidate.
• Certain roles within ONT are eligible for annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance.
• Employees based in the US have the option to choose healthcare benefits, participate in the company 401(k) plan and company match, we also offer short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and commuter benefits to name a few.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.