Bioinformatics Analyst I

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington. With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality. At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct data analysis on data from clinical trials.
• Develop and apply statistics, bioinformatics, machine learning approach on high dimensional biomarker data.
• Develop statistical software, such as R Shiny tool.
• Weekly meeting with Dr. Wu to communicate the results.
• Make sure appropriate coding and methods were used.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics or equivalent education.
• 0-2 years of work experience with bioinformatics in the relevant scientific domain.
• Proficiency in, at least, one modern scripting or programming language (Python, R, etc).

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics or equivalent education.
• Ability to learn new tools and content quickly and independently.
• Effective use of shell scripting and significant fluency in R and Python are essential.
• Facility with commonly used Bioconductor packages, ggplot etc.
• Ability to generate and customize common data visualizations (PCA plots, volcano plots, Circos plots, etc).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are absolutely required.
• Good numeracy, literacy, and organizational skills.

Pay

The hourly pay range for this position is from $33.42 to $50.12 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Benefits

• Medical/vision
• Dental
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life
• Disability
• Retirement
• Family life support
• Employee assistance program
• Onsite health clinic
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid vacation (12-22 days per year)
• Paid sick leave (12-25 days per year)
• Paid holidays (13 days per year)
• Paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks)