Senior Bioinformatics Scientist for Early Cancer Detection

Natera; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance incentive bonus

Long-term equity awards

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Generous paid time off & companyholid

Job summary

Natera is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to join our Bioinformatics team dedicated to early cancer detection. As a core member of the Research and Development department, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing innovative computational solutions.

You will develop novel algorithms and pipelines while analyzing complex genomic datasets, enabling earlier and more targeted cancer diagnostics.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, CS, Statistics, Cancer Biology, or related field.
• 0–3 years of professional or postgraduate experience in bioinformatics or computational biology.

Responsibilities

• Innovate, design, develop, and validate advanced algorithms and statistical models to extract actionable insights from large-scale genomic datasets for early cancer detection.
• Co-architect, implement, and deploy automated analysis workflows for clinical diagnostics, ensuring robust performance for variant calling, fusion detection, and automated quality control.
• Contribute to rigorous code reviews, maintain comprehensive technical documentation, and drive the continuous optimization of core computational infrastructure.
• Analyze complex multi-omic data using high-performance internal pipelines, collaborating closely with wet-lab scientists and statisticians to meet critical research milestones.

Skills

Bioinformatics

Algorithm development

NGS analysis

Python

AWS

WDL

Linux

Communication

Education

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, CS, Statistics, Cancer Biology, or related field

Tools

AWS

WDL

Job description

Natera is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to join our Bioinformatics team dedicated to early cancer detection. As a core member of the Research and Development department, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing innovative computational solutions.

You will develop novel algorithms and pipelines while analyzing complex genomic datasets, enabling earlier and more targeted cancer diagnostics.