Bioinformatics Scientist Intern

Summary

Join Natera's Bioinformatics Research team as a Bioinformatics Scientist Intern! This remote/hybrid internship in San Carlos, CA, is ideal for PhD students nearing graduation. You will design and implement algorithms for analyzing large genomic datasets, create reports, collaborate with scientists, and contribute to experimental design. Experience in Python, shell scripting, and cloud computing is required. Natera offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans, free testing for employees and their families, fertility care benefits, and more.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a PhD in statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics, computer science, computational biology or a related field, ideally within one or two years of expected graduation
• Experience in Python, shell scripting, Unix command-line tools
• Experience with version control
• Familiarity with cloud computing and workflow management tools such as SnakeMake, WDL or NextFlow
• Experience in algorithm development, data analysis, and statistics
• Ability to visualize findings and summarize results in oral and written form
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment with potential for high impact in a small team

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and validate algorithms and statistical approaches to analyze large-scale genomic data sets
• Create coherent reports that effectively communicate the objective and flow of an analysis
• Work with our team of computational scientists to answer specific biological questions
• Collaborate with molecular biologists and clinical scientists to come up with creative research strategies that solve challenging problems in bioinformatics
• Contribute to experimental design and quality control

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous exposure to next-generation sequencing analysis or public databases such as TCGA
• Previous experience of machine learning in genomics

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
• 401k benefits
• Commuter benefits
• A generous employee referral program