Bioinformatics Scientist, Assay Design and Pipelines
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30+ days ago
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Position Summary
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Bioinformatics Scientist to join our team specializing in assay and content development for qPCR dPCR and CE technologies. The role focuses on delivering high-quality assays on schedule and contributing to the development and maintenance of computational pipelines databases and infrastructure to scale assay development. This position requires strong domain knowledge of genomics PCR-based methods and proficiency in bioinformatics pipeline development. You will convert biological questions into assay strategies and assign robust primer/probe sets. You will streamline workflows and optimize code for efficiency and scalability. Collaboration with other bioinformatics scientists product management and customer support colleagues is essential.
Primary Responsibilities
- Design develop and optimize qPCR assays for various applications including gene expression genotyping copy number analysis and pathogen detection.
- Analyze and interpret complex genomic and sequence data to support target selection and assay development.
- Develop maintain and optimize bioinformatics pipelines and workflow automation for large-scale assay development.
- Maintain version-controlled repositories documentation and reproducibility across computational workflows.
- Participate in the publication or productization of developed algorithms pipelines or tools
- Prepare and present scientific reports and presentations to communicate findings and progress.
Required Qualifications
- Degree or Masters degree in bioinformatics Computational Biology Molecular Biology Bioinformatics or related fields. Preferred with 2 years of relevant experience.
- Strong genomics & molecular biology domain knowledge in at least one of the domains in plants mammalian microbial and oncology systems.
- Bioinformatics stack: IGV BLAST BWA/other aligners; major databases (GenBank Ensembl); experience across genomics and quantitative data with strong analytical problem-solving skills.
- Strong programming for scripting: Advanced Python
- Teaming & execution: excellent communication; effective cross-functional collaboration; able to work independently and manage multiple projects concurrently.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiar in R additional solid debugging. experience in C/C/Java/Perl/Python/JavaScript/ReactJS;
- Familiarity with workflow orchestration frameworks (Nextflow Snakemake Latch) or cloud computing and high-performance computing environments.
- Fundamental understanding of assay development PCR chemistry
- Familiarity with cancer biology genetics
- Experience with other assay development platforms such as NGS microarrays etc.
- Hands-on experience with qPCR/dPCR instrumentation assay optimization and validation.
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Immunoassays
- Machine Learning
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis Skills
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