Scientist, Bioinformatics

Job Description

We're hiring Bioinformatics Scientists with strong backgrounds in computational biology and data science. A deep understanding of both biology and machine learning is required. The position's goals are varied, but include using personalized biomarker discovery and integrative-omics to diagnose "hard-to-diagnose" diseases.

In this position at ICR, you'll get to:

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• Conduct complex bioinformatics analyses on large genomics, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and lipidomic datasets from biofluids and cell lines
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• Engage in multi-omic integration under a personalized medicine paradigm
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• Discover personalized biomarkers to aid in unraveling complex and obscure phenotypes
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Please apply if you have:

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• An MS or PhD in a Biomedical Science and extensive experience with computational biology, bioinformatics and data science
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• Experience incorporating AI tools into bioinformatics workflows
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• Expertise in multi-omics integration, systems biology, network medicine, precision and personalized medicine
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• Expertise in perturbation analysis and pathway enrichment analysis (eg. KEGG, Reactome, MSigDB)
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• Machine learning skills (eg. LR, SVM, RF, XGBoost) and extensive experience with: Bayesian/probabilistic modeling, network-based sample similarity algorithms and factorization methods, data cleaning, such as batch effect removal and imputation, and data transformation and visualization
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• A solid statistical foundation
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• Expertise programming machine learning and statistical pipelines, preferably in Python
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• GitHub repository showing your work, preferably linked to publications
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• Even if you don't meet all of these criteria, please apply anyway
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Ideally, you'll also have experience with:

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• iOS app development
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• R programming
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• Linux environments
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• Outlier detection
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And you'll need:

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• Ability to work in the United States without sponsorship
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• A can-do attitude and a friendly, easygoing personality
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If you don't combine your cover letter with your CV or resume when you apply through LinkedIn, after you apply please send your cover letter only to: View email address on ziprecruiter.com with "Cover [Your name]" as the Subject line.

Position title and compensation are commensurate with experience.

The compensation ranges listed below are starting ranges.

Starting base salary range: $155,000/yr - $230,000/yr

Starting bonus range: $10,000/yr - $40,000/yr