POSITION LOCATION:
Position is available as a hybrid position in San Carlos, Bay Area, California as well as a remote position.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Natera is currently seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer to join our Bioinformatics Research Team focused on Epigenomics in Oncology. Natera’s mission is to change the management of disease worldwide by using information gained from a simple blood draw to detect disease early and proactively inform treatment. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in algorithm development, software engineering, genomics, and sequencing data processing.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, implement, and validate innovative and optimized algorithms and statistical methods to analyze large-scale data sets related to cancer detection
- Develop optimized, scalable, robust, maintainable, and well documented production-level code by following the best practices in software development
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and scientific excellence
- Contribute to experimental design and ensure data integrity and quality control
QUALIFICATIONS:
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MS/PhD in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, or related field with a strong focus on cancer epi/genomics
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Track-record of developing state-of-the-art computational methods
- Highly experienced in software engineering, algorithm development, and sequencing data analysis, preferably proven through development of production-level software
- Great understanding and experience of best practices in software development including object-oriented design principles, testing, version control tools, code review, and documentation
- Experienced in code profiling to identify opportunities for code optimization in terms of runtime and memory usage
- Deep understanding of sequencing data
- Expert in coding Python and using its scientific library stack including Numpy and Pandas
- Expert in coding C++ or Rust
- Expert in using Linux command-line tools and writing shell scripts
- Familiarity with Docker and AWS is preferred
- Ability to perform hypothesis driven research, visualize findings and summarize results in oral and written form
- High scientific rigor and eager to teach and learn about new computational methods and biology
