Scientist II, Bioinformatics
Job Location:
Santa Fe, NM - USA
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Job Summary
- Operate established Sanger sequencing pipelines including assembly trimming QC variant calling and delivery of curated sequence lists
- Run NGS pipelines across Illumina PacBio and Oxford Nanopore workflows for antibody discovery including paired-chain assembly clonotyping repertoire annotation and longitudinal analysis
- Manage the informatics queue by receiving analysis requests scoping deliverables setting timeline expectations and tracking work in progress
- Perform wet-lab work supporting sequencing operations including NGS sample preparation library QC plate and sample tracking Sanger submissions and coordination with sequencing cores or vendors
- Use AI coding assistants such as Claude Claude Code Copilot or equivalent tools to author extend debug and document pipelines scripts and reports while reviewing outputs for correctness
- Develop maintain and run custom scripts visualizations Excel and PDF reports and lightweight dashboards for discovery program management and customer-facing teams
- Operate production sequencing workflows on AWS using S3 EC2 HPC or parallel compute and pipeline frameworks such as Nextflow Snakemake or equivalent
- Maintain complete documentation in Benchling and version-controlled repositories while performing quality checks to ensure reproducibility accuracy and traceability
- PhD in Bioinformatics Computational Biology Computer Science Molecular Biology Immunology Biochemistry or a closely related discipline (fresh PhD acceptable); OR MSc in a related discipline with 2 years of directly relevant industry or academic experience
- Hands-on exposure to sequencing data analysis including Sanger and/or NGS analysis through thesis coursework academic research or prior industry work
- Demonstrated hands-on experience operating sequencing analysis pipelines for Sanger and at least one NGS platform including Illumina PacBio or Oxford Nanopore
- Wet-lab experience in molecular biology and/or NGS sample preparation
- Working knowledge of AWS S3 and EC2 with willingness to grow into HPC parallel compute and pipeline orchestration frameworks such as Nextflow or Snakemake
- Other equivalent combination of education training and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
- Working knowledge of antibody discovery and antibody sequencing fundamentals including library design display campaigns and sequencing-based readouts
- Strong communication and customer-focus perspective with the ability to triage and prioritize incoming sequencing-analysis requests
- Quality-conscious approach with high ethics and integrity including the ability to follow SOPs precisely while flagging anomalies and improvement opportunities
- Ability to collaborate closely with wet-lab scientists informatics teams Project Managers and Technical Supervisors to support accurate and timely delivery
- Comfort using AI coding assistants as part of day-to-day work including disciplined review of AI-generated code analyses and reports
- Desirable experience with R Streamlit Dash Plotly FastAPI PyTorch scikit-learn AlphaFold RoseTTAFold Benchling SDK or APIs laboratory information systems AWS Batch or ParallelCluster
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at
IQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law. is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements misrepresentations or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application or termination of employment if discovered later in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.
The potential base pay range for this role when annualized is $52000.00 - $130000.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge skills education and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered incentive plans bonuses and/or other forms of compensation may be offered in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.Required Experience:
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