Bioinformatics Scientist
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with wet lab scientists, internal stakeholders, and academic collaborators to design, implement, and maintain internal algorithms and tools.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of molecular and computational biologists, as well as wet lab scientists, to design, optimize, and troubleshoot advanced high-throughput sequencing scRNA-seq experiments.
- Create, implement, and streamline bioinformatics tools and workflows in partnership with wet lab scientists to enhance assay development efficiency and data quality.
- Provide hands-on troubleshooting to ensure data quality, integrity, and accessibility across the diagnostic workflow, while addressing the needs of internal and external stakeholders through scientific and business analyses.
- Advocate for best practices in documenting, training, and scaling algorithms, tools, and workflows to ensure reproducibility and scalability.
- Communicate project outcomes and team progress across various teams and organizational functions to promote alignment and collaboration.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 7+ years of experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, statistics, or a related field, or a Master's degree with 5 years of industry experience in clinical diagnostics or a related domain.
- Expertise in DNA/RNA sequencing as well as scRNA-seq data analysis and interpretation.
- Hands-on experience with 10X Genomics analysis workflows.
- A strong understanding of molecular biology principles and hands-on familiarity with next-generation sequencing laboratory processes.
Qualifications
- Proficient in programming in R and/or Python, with experience working in a distributed Linux environment.
- Proficient in creating clear, insightful visualizations of complex biological data, with strong presentation skills.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans)
- Supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity)
- 401(k)-retirement savings
- Life & disability insurance
- An employee assistance program
- Legal support
- Pet insurance
- Employee discounts with preferred vendors
Pay
Pay range: $50-65/HR, depending on experience
Schedule
Tucson, AZ - Hybrid (3 days onsite and 2 days remote) Monday-Friday (40 hours/week)
Company Information
PrideGlobal and its affiliates offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.
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