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Bioinformatician

Bioinformatician (BBBH9303) Toronto, Canada

Duration:

1 year contract

Must Have:
  • Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, Biostatistics, or a related discipline and 3 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in biological data analysis and data visualizations using R.
  • Some knowledge of molecular genetics.
  • Some knowledge of statistics.
Nice to Have:
  • PhD in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computational Biology, or a related discipline.
  • Experience building R packages.
  • Experience with next generation sequencing data and targeted sequencing.
  • Track record of publishing.
Our client…

Our client is seeking an accomplished and driven Bioinformatics Scientist to join the Bioinformatics Development Group. They are a team of skilled bioinformaticians working in a highly collaborative environment to drive product development for clinical testing. This position will focus on bioinformatics and data analysis aspects of implementing NGS-based diagnostics in molecular oncology (liquid biopsy and tumor tissue).

Responsibilities:
  • Design and develop complex yet robust and scalable bioinformatics solutions for new diagnostic products in CLIA lab.
  • Design and implement new quality control methodologies and creative data visualizations to monitor performance of clinical laboratory.
  • Use knowledge of industry standards and best practices to contribute to robust bioinformatics development processes.
  • Write research grade analysis software.
  • Work with the software development team to deliver production-grade pipelines.
  • Collaborate with assay development to design and perform analytical studies to implement molecular diagnostics.
  • Conduct data analysis.
  • Partner with commercial team to understand and meet customer needs
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