Senior Bioinformatics Researcher

19 hours ago


Salt Lake, Utah, United States Myriad Genetics Full time

Job Summary:

The Senior Bioinformatics Researcher at Myriad Genetics will be responsible for building and maintaining the underlying assays and analytical pipelines, working closely with molecular biologists and software engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Validating product updates and developing statistical analysis methods to extract robust signals from noisy experimental data
  • Sharing methods in the form of simple re-usable software
  • Collaborating with molecular biologists, software engineers, automation engineers, and data scientists to create efficient, reliable, and optimized bioinformatics pipelines
  • Characterizing data resulting from novel molecular assays and guiding molecular protocol development from a statistical perspective
  • Working with legal staff to secure intellectual property rights for inventions pertaining to our products

Requirements:

  • PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, biophysics, physics, statistics, molecular biology, genetics, or related discipline
  • 3+ years' experience developing methods to analyze large, noisy real-world data sets in the context of molecular biology and/or human genetics
  • Experience leading projects that span multiple departments, guiding the team to make critical decisions and securing resources as needed for successful project completion
  • Strong computational skills, preferably with fluency in Python and a workflow definition language (WDL/Snakemake)
  • Knowledge of software engineering best practices, including writing unit-tests, performing code review, and version control software

What We Offer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. In hiring and all other employment decisions, we prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any protected characteristic, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.

In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.



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