Senior Bioinformatician for Multi-Omics & Imaging

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Henry Ford Health, based in Detroit, seeks a Bioinformatician III to design, process, and analyze complex biomedical data across genomics, transcriptomics, imaging, and EHRs. You will lead analytic pipelines, collaborate with clinicians, and contribute to publications.

The role requires a Ph.D. in a quantitative field, strong programming skills (Python/R), and experience in HPC environments and bioimage analysis. Join a mission-driven team advancing health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, statistics, genetics, computer science, or related field.
• Experience with processing/ analyzing complex biomedical data.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (Python, R, C, Java, Bash).
• Experience in HPC Linux environments and parallel processing.
• Knowledge of biomedical image analysis and ML for imaging data.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement analytic pipelines for processing and analyzing biomedical data.
• Provide in-depth analysis of studies using computational and statistical methods.
• Integrate data across multiple domains and time points to support research objectives.
• Develop and document new analytic approaches for bioinformatics.
• Oversee the work of other bioinformaticians and data processes.
• Prepare interpretive reports and contribute to publications and grants.
• Collaborate with investigators, clinicians, and multidisciplinary teams on genomic, transcriptomic, single-cell, spatial transcriptomic, imaging, and clinical data.
• Design and maintain scalable, reproducible analytic pipelines using appropriate languages and workflow tools.
• Develop computational approaches for batch processing and analysis of biomedical images.
• Use HPC environments (CPU/GPU) to process large datasets.
• Prepare visualizations and presentations for technical/non-technical audiences.
• Promote reproducible research through documentation of methods and code.

Skills

R/Bioconductor

Python

SAS

Nextflow/Snakemake

Git/version control

Linux/ HPC

Bioimage analysis

Education

Ph.D. in bioinformatics or related field

Bachelor's + 7 years OR Master's + 5 years OR Ph.D. with relevant experience

Tools

R/Bioconductor

Python

SAS

Nextflow

Snakemake

GitHub

Linux

Job description

Henry Ford Health, based in Detroit, seeks a Bioinformatician III to design, process, and analyze complex biomedical data across genomics, transcriptomics, imaging, and EHRs. You will lead analytic pipelines, collaborate with clinicians, and contribute to publications.

The role requires a Ph.D. in a quantitative field, strong programming skills (Python/R), and experience in HPC environments and bioimage analysis. Join a mission-driven team advancing health outcomes.