Lead Bioinformatics AI Scientist

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🕒 May 16

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Baylor Genetics

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1978

🧬 Biotechnology

🔬 Science

Biotechnology • Science

Baylor Genetics is a clinical genomics and precision diagnostics laboratory affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine that provides comprehensive genetic testing and interpretation services. The company offers whole genome and whole exome sequencing, chromosomal microarray analysis, mitochondrial testing, pharmacogenomics, and specialized assays, along with genetic counseling, provider support, and insurance/payment resources. Baylor Genetics supports healthcare providers, researchers, and families with AI-enhanced interpretation, multimodal data integration, and end-to-end clinical and laboratory services.

📋 Description

• Serves as the visionary leader in Bioinformatics AI application development in a clinical genetic testing setting. • Provides technical guidance and hands-on support towards building company’s next-generation bioinformatics AI platform. • Identifies, prototypes, and develops state-of-the-art AI applications to revolutionize clinical testing and genomic analysis workflow. • Designs, develops, evaluates, and deploys novel AI solutions to gain valuable data insights based on the genetical, phenotypical, and clinical datasets. • Evaluates, adopts, and customizes GenAI models based on both internal and external datasets to build next-generation clinical genetic testing platforms. • Supports both internal and external data requirements by leveraging AI and GenAI capabilities to keep up with the increasing demands of the business. • Collaborates in a multidisciplinary and regulated clinical diagnostics environment with geneticists, bioinformaticians, software engineers, and IT infrastructure professionals.

🎯 Requirements

• Master's or higher degree (PhD preferred) in Bioinformatics, Machine Learning and AI, Computer Science, Data Science or related quantitative field. • 8+ years of professional experience in bioinformatics, AI application development, machine learning and/or genomic data analysis, including 3–5 years in a principal or leadership role. • Hands-on experience in state-of-the-art GenAI application development, LLM model turning, agentic AI, and model context protocol (MCP). • Hands-on experience in building and/or adopting novel AI and GenAI solutions for business specific applications, especially in the field of clinical testing and genomic data analysis. • Hands-on experience in automated and scalable AI/GenAI application evaluation, development, and deployment in the production environment requiring fast turn-around-time (TAT) and high reliability. • Hands-on experience in human genetics/multi-omics data modeling and application development especially in next-generation sequencing data. • Hands-on experience in machine learning framework (Huggingface, TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.). • Hands-on experience with scripting language, such as Bash and Python. • Strong experience in cloud platform (Azure, AWS, GCP) and data services (data lakehouse/data warehouse). • Experience in context-aware OCR. • Experience in databases, including SQL and no-SQL. • DevOps experience such as unit testing, CI/CD is a plus. • Strong curiosity and the ability to learn quickly and adapt to a fast-changing environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Professional development opportunities