Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Neurobiology & Brain Tumor

St. Jude; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 104,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital seeks a Senior Bioinformatics Research Scientist in the NBTP to lead computational studies on pediatric brain tumor data. You will design pipelines, manage projects, and collaborate with investigators and external partners.

The role requires a PhD in bioinformatics or related field with post-degree experience, strong multi-omics and ML exposure, and proficiency in R/Python. Excellent communication is essential for cross-disciplinary work.

Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, and/or data science.
• Experience with multi-omics platforms (RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq/CUT&RUN, Hi-C, single-cell/nucleus RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, proteomics).
• Strong translational publications in cancer genomics, epigenomics, single-cell, or spatial omics.
• Proficiency in R and Python; HPC experience; building pipelines and tools.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform basic and advanced statistical analyses and algorithm implementation.
• Design and prepare training materials for bioinformatics software and databases.
• Act as liaison between end-users, software developers, system designers, and departments.

Skills

R

Python

HPC

Workflow management

Git

Data integration

Education

Master’s degree in bioinformatics, statistics/computer science

PhD preferred, with 2+ years post-degree experience

Bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, cheminformatics, statistics/computer science

Tools

Nextflow

Snakemake

Git

Job description

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital seeks a Senior Bioinformatics Research Scientist in the NBTP to lead computational studies on pediatric brain tumor data. You will design pipelines, manage projects, and collaborate with investigators and external partners.

The role requires a PhD in bioinformatics or related field with post-degree experience, strong multi-omics and ML exposure, and proficiency in R/Python. Excellent communication is essential for cross-disciplinary work.