Bioinformatics Engineer
Location: South San Francisco, CA
Job Type: contract
Company: The Select Group
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BIOINFORMATICS ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Select Group is seeking a Bioinformatics Engineer to join one of our top biotechnology partners in the Fortune 100. This team works with next gen sequencing and diagnostic instruments that help detect lung cancer and reproductive diseases. This person will be working on the bioinformatics pipeline and will be testing existing and new features on the next gen sequencing applications/platforms. Note, working hours will be 9:00am-5:00pm PST.
BIOINFORMATICS ENGINEER REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors Degree and 5+ years of relevant work experience OR Masters Degree and 3+ years of relevant experience OR PhD and 2+ years of relevant experience
- Degree should be in Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, Computational Science, or a similar scientific field
- 3 years of coding experience and proficiency with at least 1 language (preference on Python)
- Familiarity and experience with Linux command lines
- Prior experience with next gen sequencing
- Must have documentation experience (likely will not be listed on resume)
- Soft skills: detail oriented, team player, flexible, able to work in fast paced environments
- Oncology experience (huge plus)
- FDA Compliance 21 CFR documentation experience
- Test development experience with Java
- Experience with Selenium
- Familiarity with mapping algorithm development
BIOINFORMATICS ENGINEER RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze the requirements for data analysis pipelines and visualizations to support various applications (Oncology, Reproseq, Immuno-oncology, CarrierSeq etc) and translate them to software specifications.
- Help software development team to understand and design the complex Informatics and Data Visualization features. Work closely with developers to implement software features
- Write and execute test protocols to validate the features and data analysis pipelines
- Troubleshooting the data analysis pipeline and software issues.
- Check the correctness of output Compare output data with other equivalent systems
- Perform system performance profiling
- Perform test automation with Python and Java
- Prepare FDA submission documentation when needed
- Collaborate with cross functional team
TSG is 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, or status as a protected veteran.
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