Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

🔥 47 minutes ago

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $117.4k - $146.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Natera

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2004

🧬 Biotechnology

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Biotechnology • Healthcare Insurance • Pharmaceuticals

Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing technology, specializing in non-invasive genetic testing and diagnostics. The company's innovative solutions focus on areas such as prenatal screening, cancer detection, and organ transplant monitoring. By using advanced bioinformatics and DNA analysis, Natera provides healthcare professionals and patients with critical information to make more informed medical decisions.

📋 Description

• Analyze complex genomic datasets leveraging scaled in-house pipelines • Architect, build, and deploy automated analysis pipelines for diagnostic tests • Engineer novel genomic analysis tools and proactively identify optimization pathways • Participate in code reviews, technical documentation • Coordinate directly with downstream infrastructure teams to ensure R&D tools scale efficiently into production systems

🎯 Requirements

• Ph.D. or Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Engineering, Biochemistry, or a related quantitative field. • Deep theoretical and practical understanding of high-throughput DNA sequence data analysis, including mapping, sequence alignment, and variant calling workflows. • Advanced understanding of data structures, algorithm design, and computational complexity. • Strong Python programming skills, including fluency with the scientific computing stack (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn) for data manipulation, analysis, and automation. • Proficiency with workflow languages — Nextflow or WDL strongly preferred. • Extensive experience in distributed computing and cloud environments; AWS strongly preferred. • Deep expertise navigating Linux environments, utilizing command-line tools, and writing efficient shell scripts. • Demonstrated technical autonomy and rigorous data discipline when troubleshooting high-complexity algorithmic challenges. • Excellent communication skills with a proven track record of explaining computational results clearly to cross-functional stakeholders. • Prior experience working with relational databases, particularly MySQL, is highly desirable.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plans for eligible employees and their dependents • Dental plans for eligible employees and their dependents • Vision plans for eligible employees and their dependents • Life insurance and disability plans • Free testing for Natera employees and their immediate families • Fertility care benefits • Pregnancy and baby bonding leave • 401k benefits • Commuter benefits • Generous employee referral program