Staff Scientist - Bioinformatics Engineer (Remote)

City of Hope; Duarte (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading research institution at the forefront of medical innovation, where you will play a pivotal role in developing bioinformatics pipelines that support groundbreaking research in cancer and immunotherapy. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on the intersection of the human microbiome and cutting-edge therapies, contributing to the future of medicine. As a Staff Scientist, you will collaborate with a dedicated team, utilizing your expertise in bioinformatics to advance our understanding and treatment of life-threatening diseases. Embrace this chance to make a significant impact in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc in Bioinformatics or related field required.
• Fluent in scientific scripting languages such as R or Python.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines.
• Integrate pipelines into Snakemake workflow.

Skills

Bioinformatics techniques

Next generation sequencing data

Scientific scripting languages (R, Python)

Bash environment

Snakemake

Strong communication skills

Education

PhD in Bioinformatics

MSc in Computational Biology

Tools

Snakemake

Next generation sequencing tools

Job description

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at City Hopewhere we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.

A Staff Scientist position is available for a highly talented bioinformatics engineer to join our computational microbiome team. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and implementation of bioinformatics pipelines. This is an exceptional opportunity for a bioinformatics engineer who is willing to apply his/her expertise to the intersection of human microbiome, immuno-therapy and cancer research. Individuals appointed as staff scientists will receive a one-year fixed-term contract.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines,
• Integrate pipelines into snakemake workflow.
• Keep pipelines current.
• Test pipelines in large scale.
• Provide summary report and documentation of pipelines and results.

Your qualifications should include:

• PhD or MSc. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related field.
• Knowledgeable of Bioinformatics techniques, next generation sequencing data and pipelines.
• Ability to implement, develop and modify Bioinformatics pipelines.
• Fluent in scientific scripting languages such as R or Python and bash environment.
• Fluent in snakemake.
• Strong communication skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with microbiome bioinformatics pipelines.
• Experience with whole genome sequencing (WGS), whole exome sequencing (WES), RNA sequencing (RNAseq) analysis, and calling of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and insertions/deletions (indels).
• Understanding concepts of molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, immunology.
• Understanding statistical analysis techniques for microbiome (alpha-diversity, beta-diversity, dimensionality reduction, clustering, regression models).

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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