Bioinformatics Engineer

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Responsibilities:

 

• Develop, test and streamline bioinformatics pipelines for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis

 

• Develop and streamline statistical analysis methods and models for NGS data analysis

 

• Design and implement scalable computing infrastructure for analysis of large datasets

 

• Be highly committed and deliver results in a fast-paced start-up environment

 

 

Required Job Skills:

 

• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience (at least 2 years in industry) in computational genomics or large-scale data computing

 

• Working knowledge of alignment and variant calling tools and algorithms

 

• Strong programming skills in R/Matlab, Java/C++/C#, and Unix shell scripting

 

• Strong software and hardware IT infrastructure skills (Linux/Unix/Windows/OSX)

 

• Experience with design and implementation of engaging GUIs

 

• Excellent interdisciplinary communication skills required

 

• Self-driven and strong team player with proven track record

 

 

Education:

 

• Ph.D preferred. BSc/MSc in bioinformatics, statistics, mathematics, computer science with a focus on IT infrastructure or bioinformatics