Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

Imagine being involved with innovative projects that change the course of our industry daily! At Labcorp, one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive pharmaceutical solutions service companies, you will have an opportunity to build an exciting career while you make a direct impact on the lives of millions.

We have an excellent career opportunity for a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to join our growing team. This is a US remote based position. If you have a comprehensive grasp of genomics and next generation sequencing, this is an ideal position for you!

Position Summary

The Senior Bioinformatics Scientist’s role centers around creating workflows, tools, and algorithms to complement assay/product development. They will have the ability to deconstruct a problem statement into components which can be resolved programmatically. They will have the ability to work well independently, be well organized and collaborative with clear communication skills. They will be responsible for scaling our pipelines as we work toward our goal of providing low-cost genetic answers to millions of people. As necessary, they will assist the Clinical team in ad-hoc analysis and research required to meet regulatory requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of standard bioinformatic tools used in NGS pipelines

• Working knowledge of pipeline workflow engines: Nextflow, Snakemake

• Strong knowledge of Genomics and Molecular Biology

• Solid understanding of Illumina sequencing technologies and metrics

• Formal software development experience

• Understanding of Cloud Computing

Essential Duties:

• Develop high-performance bioinformatics workflows that can accurately and reliably analyze large volumes of NGS data using Nextflow in a system agnostic manner

• Build and evaluate algorithms and statistical models to improve existing genetics applications within and beyond NGS technologies and create novel ones

• Collaborate in a cross-disciplinary team by building, deploying, and maintaining software solutions compatible with distributed and/or containerized systems

• Develop best practices for analysis of NGS data including optimization of parameters, resource utilization, and consensus approaches across various NGS applications

• Mentor team members in a wide range of bioinformatics algorithms and the utilized statistical/probabilistic techniques, including awareness of accuracy, efficiency, assumptions, and limitations.

• Mentor budding engineers/scientists by participating in code review/analysis sessions

• Drive genetics assay method development in a cross-disciplinary setting by critically analyzing and deriving insights from experimental data (including NGS, arrays, and novel technologies) using open source NGS tools and building custom tools when needed

• Develop reproducible analysis for research and development purposes

• Review, understand, and stay in compliance with Labcorp HIPAA Security policies and procedures

• Optionally, maintain a visible profile in the Bioinformatics community through publications, conference presentations, and collaborations

Education/Experience

• Masters with 8+ years’ experience in Bioinformatics or Computational Biology

• PhD with 5+ years’ experience in Bioinformatics or Computational Biology preferred

Application window open through: 12/16/24

Salary Range: $150,000 - $185,000 (USD)

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  Casual, PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only. For more detailed information, please click here. 

Why People choose to work at Labcorp: 
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