Staff Scientist - Bioinformatics Engineer (Remote)

Job Description - Staff Scientist - Bioinformatics Engineer (Remote) (10030292) Job Description Staff Scientist - Bioinformatics Engineer (Remote) - ( 10030292 ) Description Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at City Hope where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research. A Staff Scientist position is available for a highly talented bioinformatics engineer to join our computational microbiome team. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and implementation of bioinformatics pipelines. This is an exceptional opportunity for a bioinformatics engineer who is willing to apply his/her expertise to the intersection of human microbiome, immuno-therapy and cancer research. Individuals appointed as staff scientists will receive a one-year fixed-term contract. As a successful candidate, you will: Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines. Integrate pipelines into Snakemake workflow. Keep pipelines current. Test pipelines in large scale. Provide summary report and documentation of pipelines and results. Qualifications Your qualifications should include: PhD or MSc. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related field. Knowledgeable of Bioinformatics techniques, next generation sequencing data and pipelines. Ability to implement, develop and modify Bioinformatics pipelines. Fluent in scientific scripting languages such as R or Python and bash environment. Fluent in Snakemake. Strong communication skills. Preferred qualifications: Experience with microbiome bioinformatics pipelines. Experience with whole genome sequencing (WGS), whole exome sequencing (WES), RNA sequencing (RNAseq) analysis, and calling of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and insertions/deletions (indels). Understanding concepts of molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, immunology. Understanding statistical analysis techniques for microbiome (alpha-diversity, beta-diversity, dimensionality reduction, clustering, regression models). City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location. City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE . Primary Location : United States-California-Duarte Job : Research Work Force Type : Remote Shift : Days Job Posting : Apr 29, 2025 Minimum Hourly Rate ($) : 38.674337 Maximum Hourly Rate ($) : 127.693000