Founding Bioinformatics Engineer: Build Scalable Genomics

Novaflow (YC S25); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

401(k) with company match

Unlimited PTO

Monthly health and wellness stipend

Meals covered in-office

Team offsites and events

Job summary

An innovative biotech firm in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Bioinformatics Engineer to build and maintain bioinformatics pipelines. The role requires expertise in Python and/or R, plus experience managing cloud infrastructure on AWS or GCP. You will work directly with founding members and be integral in the development processes. Competitive salary, equity, and benefits, including unlimited PTO, are offered, alongside a unique opportunity to gain insights into startup dynamics.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building bioinformatics pipelines or workflows.
• Strong programming in Python and/or R.
• Experience with AWS or GCP for workloads.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain bioinformatics pipelines.
• Write clean, reproducible analysis code.
• Manage cloud infrastructure for large-scale workloads.
• Integrate bioinformatics tools and databases.
• Validate outputs against real scientific standards.

Skills

Python

R

Bioinformatics pipelines

AWS

GCP

Linux/Unix

Molecular biology

Bioinformatics file formats

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computational Biology

PhD in related field

Tools

Nextflow

Snakemake

Docker

Job description

An innovative biotech firm in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Bioinformatics Engineer to build and maintain bioinformatics pipelines. The role requires expertise in Python and/or R, plus experience managing cloud infrastructure on AWS or GCP. You will work directly with founding members and be integral in the development processes. Competitive salary, equity, and benefits, including unlimited PTO, are offered, alongside a unique opportunity to gain insights into startup dynamics.