Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required.
POSITION SUMMARY
Natera is currently seeking a Lead Bioinformatics Scientist to join our Bioinformatics Research & Development team with a focus on cancer early detection. 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, genomics, sequencing data processing, and/or applied machine learning. The individual will develop novel algorithms and lead the analysis of large and complex genomics data sets to enable early cancer detection.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, implement, and validate innovative algorithms and statistical methods to analyze large-scale data sets based on insights in cancer biology and genomics
- Collaborate with molecular biologists and clinical scientists to come up with creative research strategies that solve challenging problems in oncology
- Contribute to experimental design and quality control
- Act as technical lead during various phases of research and product development
- Mentor and train other bioinformatics scientists
- Work with our team of scientists to answer specific biological questions
QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistics, or related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working in the bioinformatics field
- Track-record of leading and developing state-of-the-art and highly impactful computational methods or highly cited publications
- Highly experienced in algorithm development, data analysis, and statistical learning
- Familiar with public databases such as TCGA, COSMIC, or OncoKB
- Deep understanding of sequencing data
- Experience in Python
- Experience using Linux command-line tools and writing shell scripts
- Experience with relational databases
- Ability to 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
PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Duties are typically performed in an office setting.
- This position requires the ability to use a computer keyboard, communicate over the telephone and read printed material.
No ☐ or Yes ☒ : If yes state anticipated percent for travel: Rarely (less than 10%)
OUR OPPORTUNITY
Driven by the passion for elevating the science and utility of genetic testing, Natera is committed to helping families identify and manage genetic diseases. Natera is a rapidly-growing diagnostics company with proprietary bioinformatics and molecular technology for analyzing DNA. Our complex technology has been proven clinically and commercially in the prenatal testing space and we are actively researching its applications in the liquid biopsy space for developing products with oncology applications.
The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you'll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you'll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.
WHAT WE OFFER
Competitive Benefits. Healthy catered lunches, Premium snacks and beverages, Onsite gym with cardio and weight-training equipment, Game room with satellite TV, Onsite dry cleaning and alteration service with pick-up and delivery, Employee-organized sport leagues, Happy hours and BBQs, Generous Employee Referral program.
For more information, visit www.natera.com.
Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.