Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Germline & ML Pipelines

Abbott Laboratories; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Excellent retirement plan

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories, based in La Jolla, CA, seeks a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to lead complex projects in cancer diagnostics. You will collaborate across teams and mentor juniors, building pipelines and ML models for germline sequencing and variant interpretation.

The role emphasizes deep bioinformatics expertise, NGS knowledge, and cloud/HPC experience, with a focus on advancing diagnostic assays within Abbott's Cancer Diagnostics division.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in bioinformatics or related field; or Master's with 4 years experience; or Bachelor's with 6 years experience.
• 5+ years of industry or academia in bioinformatics.
• 3+ years in medical device/IVD, biotech, life science or pharmaceutical industry.
• Extensive experience in Linux-based HPC or cloud environments.
• Ability to write code in at least three programming or scripting languages.
• Technical expert in molecular biology and/or biochemistry and/or genomics.
• Knowledge of statistical methods in biology/genetics; experience with JMP or R.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning and analyses; serve as bioinformatics lead on multiple projects.
• Mentor and guide junior scientists within project teams.
• Develop bioinformatics pipelines and machine learning models for variant classification and clinical significance.

Skills

Bioinformatics

Linux HPC

Programming

Statistics

Molecular biology

Genomics

Cloud computing

Education

Ph.D. in bioinformatics or related field

Master's in bioinformatics or related field + 4 years experience

Bachelor's in bioinformatics or related field + 6 years experience

Tools

NextFlow

AWS

R

Python

JMP

Job description

Abbott Laboratories, based in La Jolla, CA, seeks a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to lead complex projects in cancer diagnostics. You will collaborate across teams and mentor juniors, building pipelines and ML models for germline sequencing and variant interpretation.

The role emphasizes deep bioinformatics expertise, NGS knowledge, and cloud/HPC experience, with a focus on advancing diagnostic assays within Abbott's Cancer Diagnostics division.