Our client, a worldleader in biotechnology and life sciences, is looking for a " Bioinformatics Scientist” in Tucson, AZ.
Job Duration: LongTerm Contract (Possibility Of Extension)
Pay Rate : $45 - 65/hr on W2DOE
Company Benefits: Medical, Paid Sickleave, 401K
The successful candidate will bring strong expertise inNGS, scRNA-seq, multiomics, and bioinformatics data analysisand will collaborate closely with molecular biologists, computational scientists, and wet lab teams to develop, optimize, and maintain bioinformatics tools, algorithms, and analytical workflows.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of molecular biologists, computational biologists, and wet lab scientists to design, optimize, and troubleshoot high-throughput sequencing andsingle-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)experiments.
- Develop, implement, and maintain bioinformatics pipelines and analytical tools supporting assay development and diagnostic data analysis.
- Analyze and interpretDNA, RNA, germline, cell-free DNA, NGS, scRNA-seq, and multiomics data.
- Support the complete assay development lifecycle, including initial sequencing, analytical validation, troubleshooting, and production implementation.
- Partner with wet lab scientists to streamline bioinformatics workflows and improve assay development efficiency, data quality, and reproducibility.
- Troubleshoot data quality, integrity, accessibility, and analytical issues across diagnostic and research workflows.
- Develop scalable, reproducible, and well-documented algorithms, tools, and workflows.
- Create clear visualizations and reports to communicate complex biological and computational findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with7+ years of relevant experiencein Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, or a related field.
- Strong expertise inDNA/RNA sequencing and bioinformatics data analysis.
- Hands-on experience withsingle-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)analysis and interpretation.
- Experience with10x Genomics analysis workflows.
- Proficiency inPython and/or Rprogramming.
- Experience developing and maintaining bioinformatics pipelines and analytical workflows.
- Experience creating clear and insightful visualizations of complex biological data.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D. inBioinformatics, Computational Biology, Statistics, or a related discipline, with relevant industry experience.
- Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Statistics, or a related field with relevant industry experience.
- Experience inclinical diagnostics, molecular diagnostics, biotechnology, or a related industry.
- Experience withmultiomics data analysis.
- Knowledge of diagnostic assay development, validation, and production workflows.
- Experience with distributed computing, high-performance computing, or cloud-based bioinformatics environments.
- Proficiency inC++ or Javais a plus.
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