Founding Bioinformatics Engineer

About the role

The Founding Bioinformatics Engineer will build and maintain bioinformatics pipelines for genomics, transcriptomics, and other -omics data. This includes writing clean, reproducible analysis code in Python and/or R, setting up and managing cloud infrastructure, integrating existing tools, validating pipeline outputs, and collaborating with academic labs and data partners.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain bioinformatics pipelines for genomics, transcriptomics, and other -omics data
• Write clean, reproducible analysis code in Python and/or R
• Set up and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP) for large-scale compute workloads
• Integrate existing bioinformatics tools, databases, and data sources into the platform
• Validate pipeline outputs against published methodologies and real scientific standards
• Work with academic labs, tool providers, and data partners to expand what the platform can do
• Help decide what we build next based on what researchers actually need

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field (PhD is a plus)
• 2+ years building bioinformatics pipelines or computational biology workflows
• Strong in Python and/or R
• Know your way around bioinformatics file formats (FASTQ, BAM, VCF, HDF5, etc.)
• Experience running workloads on AWS or GCP
• Comfortable in Linux/Unix command-line environments
• Solid understanding of molecular biology (genomics, gene expression, variant calling)
• Good communicator who can work across biology and engineering
• Experience with Nextflow, Snakemake, or similar workflow managers
• Docker experience
• Familiarity with LLMs or AI/ML tools
• Experience across multiple biomedical domains
• Startup or biotech/pharma background
• Previous startup experience (prior experience either working for or founding a startup)

Qualifications

• Experience with Nextflow, Snakemake, or similar workflow managers
• Docker experience
• Familiarity with LLMs or AI/ML tools
• Experience across multiple biomedical domains
• Startup or biotech/pharma background
• Previous startup experience (prior experience either working for or founding a startup)

Skills

• Python
• R
• Linux/Unix command-line environments
• Bioinformatics file formats (FASTQ, BAM, VCF, HDF5, etc.)
• Cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)
• Workflow managers (Nextflow, Snakemake)
• Docker
• LLMs or AI/ML tools
• Molecular biology (genomics, gene expression, variant calling)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity as a founding team member
• 401(k) with company match
• Unlimited PTO + federal holidays
• Monthly health and wellness stipend
• Meals covered when you're in the office (lunch daily, dinner when you're working late)
• Team offsites and company events

Pay

$100K - $150K

Schedule

Full-time