Senior Scientist/Scientist, Bioinformatics

Company Description

GeneGenieDx is a biotech company founded in 2020 in San Jose, California. Our current focus is on developing cutting-edge bioinformatics and machine learning algorithms to enable the discovery of novel biomarkers and translate them into clinical diagnostic applications.

You can learn more about us by visiting https://genegeniedx.com/

Job Description

We are looking for a highly motivated computational biologist/ bioinformatician to join our team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop novel computational methods for analyses of multi-omics data; identify gaps in existing methods/tools and develop novel solutions to bridge them.
• Complement the business development team in technical meetings and interactions with the customers; develop exemplary case-studies on multi-omics data to validate and demonstrate the novelty and quality of the solutions.
• Author publications by working with external academic collaborators and present in conferences
• Work with the software engineering team to implement the solutions in production-quality software.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree, preferably in computational biology, bioinformatics, data/computer science, machine learning/AI, or statistics.
• be driven and have a get-things-done mindset and can work in a collaborative environment.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in developing bioinformatics pipelines, implementation of algorithms for NGS data, and analysis of multi-omics data.
• Understand typical pipelines and methods, such as RNA-seq, sequence alignment, genome assembly, variant calling, etc.
• Familiar with general bioinformatics software and can investigate/install/understand the usage of state-of-the-art methods and tools.
• Familiar with the statistical methods in genomic analysis and the basics of machine learning/AI methods.
• Coding and software engineering:
  • Fluency in Python programming language, and ability to quickly learn and program in a new language when required.
  • Familiar with software testing, code review practices, version control systems such as Git, and container deployments.
  • Preferably had experience working with the cloud computing environment and/or Linux servers.

Additional Information

Join our team and grow with us:

• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives, and retirement plan
• Health care and well-being programs including competitive medical, dental, vision & medical benefits
• Generous paid time off including vacation, sick time, holidays, and discretionary winter shutdown
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• Other comprehensive voluntary benefits include but are not limited to pet insurance, life insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), discount programs, and many more
• We continue to optimize our benefits & wellness programs as we grow our organization to make sure they meet our diverse workforce needs
• Hybrid work opportunities.

An equal opportunity employer, Fapon welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.