Data Scientist-NGS

Job Description

The Genomics and Integrative Biology team at Client consists of data scientists and biologists collaborating in the development and application of genomic technologies for early drug discovery.

In this role, you’ll apply published and internal methods for the integrative modeling of data from diverse genome-wide, often sequencing-based, assays for the purposes of therapeutic hypothesis generation and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Perform diverse modeling tasks, typically with sequencing data or data matrices with sequencing counts as input
• Support visualization of data from complex biological assays
• Have accountability for delivering objectives through effective collaboration within the Genomics and Integrative Biology team
• Communicate effectively within team, including progress, issues, timelines and impact

Experience

• 4 years of experience: in command-line environment and shell scripting
• 4 years of experience: coding in Python
• Coursework: in parametric statistics
• M.S. degree: in bioinformatics or other mathematical or scientific field with evidence of strong computational experience
• Demonstrated experience: in sequence biology and high-throughput sequencing data
• Experience: with git

Preferred

• Track record: working with scientific or complex structured data
• Experience: with Jupyter notebooks or R markdown, Docker, and both Python and R
• Lab experience: in or coursework in molecular or cellular biology or genetics
• Familiarity: with bioinformatics workflows or laboratory data systems