Senior Computational Biologist, Single-Cell Genomics

New York Genome Center; City of Niagara Falls (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Satija lab at the New York Genome Center is seeking a senior computational biologist to lead and collaborate with PhD students, postdocs, and staff to develop new statistical methods and software for single-cell data analysis. You will supervise and work closely with team members, contribute to open-source projects, and help manage lab infrastructure while presenting results.

Applicants should have a PhD or MS in relevant fields and strong coding skills in R, Python, and Bash, plus Linux

Qualifications

• PhD or MS degree in bioinformatics, computer science, biology, biochemistry or similar.
• Excellent programming skills in R, Python, and BASH.
• Experience working in a Linux environment.
• Team oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Training in statistics or machine learning preferred.
• Exposure or training in NGS data analysis, functional genomics and/or human genetics preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop computational methods to analyze single-cell genomics datasets;
• Contribute to the codebase, development, and support of open-source software packages;
• Assist in data analysis and interpretation for diverse research projects;
• Help to manage lab servers and computational infrastructure; and,
• Document and present results in written or oral reports to other lab members.

Skills

R

Python

BASH

Education

PhD/MS degree in bioinformatics

Tools

Linux

Job description

The Satija lab at the New York Genome Center is seeking a senior computational biologist to lead and collaborate with PhD students, postdocs, and staff to develop new statistical methods and software for single-cell data analysis. You will supervise and work closely with team members, contribute to open-source projects, and help manage lab infrastructure while presenting results.

Applicants should have a PhD or MS in relevant fields and strong coding skills in R, Python, and Bash, plus Linux