About Us:
Backed by Founders Fund, Adrian Aoun (CEO, Forward Health), Brent Saunders (former CEO, Allergan), Patrick Hsu (Bioengineering Professor, UC at Berkeley), Hugo Barra (CEO, Detect), Austen Allred (CEO, Bloom Institute of Technology), Packy McKormick (Founder, Not Boring), Shrug Capital, Alexandra Botez (influencer), Anthony Pompliano, and many others.
About the Role:
We are looking for a statistical geneticist to develop and test the underlying genetic score algorithms that underpin our web application.
Qualifications:
PhD. or Masters degree in a genetics-focused discipline
Experience in genetics data analysis is a requirement.
Experience in next-generation sequencing analysis is a requirement
Being familiar with variant databases, clinvar, HGMD, ensembl, gnomad, 1kgenomes, etc is a requirement
Being familiar with fastq to vcf-file analysis and processing, nf-core / sarek is a plus
Being experienced with GWAS and PRS modeling is a plus
Some programming knowledge, e.g. Python and R is beneficial, but not required
Responsibilities:
Combine common variant and rare variant genetic analysis approaches into algorithmic pipelines
Collect and integrate public data for testing genetic risk scoring models
Design accurate questions and tests to ensure the continuous improvement of our product
Work closely with the communications department to ensure accurate dissemination of genetic findings to our customers
Proactively collaborate with project teams to identify key needs and questions that can be addressed using genomics, sequencing, or bioinformatics
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