Remote Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

Summary

Join our team at Tempus as a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to develop cutting-edge assays and algorithms in oncology, utilizing your expertise in bioinformatics, computational biology, or related fields.

Requirements

• Must have completed a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, or Computer Science
• At least 5 years of postdoc or industry experience
• Computational skills using Python and/or R
• Proven experience in developing NGS pipelines using contemporary tools for processing and analyzing NGS data (including epigenetics, DNA, RNA) within a clinical environment
• In-depth knowledge of creating statistical models and developing predictive or prognostic algorithms
• Demonstrated effective communication and presentation skills
• Self-driven and works well in interdisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Develop assays, algorithms, machine learning and statistical models to detect oncology related biomarkers from cell free next-generation sequencing (NGS) data
• Design and conduct analyses applying deep genomic and epigenomic knowledge to derive key insights from large multi-modal datasets
• Design and execute experiments to characterize performance and support various regulatory submissions
• Produce high quality and detailed documentation for all projects
• Communicate results with outside scientific teams as well as product and bioinformatics leadership
• Lead, mentor and/or train other scientists and engineers