Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Multi-Cancer (Remote)

Natera; United States; Remote; USD 119,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision,

Life and disability plans

Fertility care benefits

401k benefits

Commuter benefits

Employee referral program

Job summary

Natera is seeking a Senior/Lead Bioinformatics Scientist to develop and validate algorithms for large multimodal genomic datasets tied to multi-cancer early detection. You will partner with molecular biologists and clinical scientists to translate research into scalable workflows and clinical validation.

You will work in a US-remote setting, contribute to pipeline enhancement, and communicate complex results to diverse audiences while influencing methodological standards across the team.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, CS, Biology or related field; or BA/BS with 4+ years experience.
• Experience building/validating analysis workflows for high-throughput sequencing data.
• Experience applying statistical and ML methods to large datasets.
• Strong quantitative reasoning and data analysis for scientific problems.
• Software development experience; proficient in Python and scientific stack.
• Fluent with Linux CLI and cloud computing environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate algorithms for large multimodal epigenomic datasets.
• Advance analyses from prototype to scalable implementation and clinical validation.
• Work with sequencing and clinical data from large cohorts ensuring data quality.
• Collaborate with molecular biologists and clinical scientists to solve complex problems.
• Visualize results and present findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to code quality, reproducibility, and team standards.

Skills

Python

Linux

Cloud computing

Statistics

Machine learning

Data visualization

Education

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/CS/Biology

Bachelor’s/Master’s with 4+ years experience

Tools

Git

Linux

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Job description

Natera is seeking a Senior/Lead Bioinformatics Scientist to develop and validate algorithms for large multimodal genomic datasets tied to multi-cancer early detection. You will partner with molecular biologists and clinical scientists to translate research into scalable workflows and clinical validation.

You will work in a US-remote setting, contribute to pipeline enhancement, and communicate complex results to diverse audiences while influencing methodological standards across the team.