Sr. Computational Biologist

Proclinical is currently recruiting for a Senior Computational Biologist for a leading biotechnology company located in Daly City, CA. As the Sr. Computational Biologist, you will help build and expand our client's computational biology discovery platform. The successful candidate will join a team of data scientists, computational biologists, bench scientists, and automation engineers to mobilize genetics and functional genomics data towards the discovery of new therapeutic targets and drugs.

Job Responsibilities:

• Become an integral member of our target and drug discovery teams, helping to move programs from concept to the clinic
• Help design and interpret functional genomics and computational biology experiments, often integrating data from genetics and external sources
• Work with the Human Genetics, Functional Genomics, Stem Cell and Drug Discovery departments to design and implement cutting-edge analysis and visualization tools and production-quality bioinformatics pipelines
• Communicate data and scientific results to both internal and external audiences, advise on analytical and statistical best practices, and contribute to open-source and collaborative projects
• Propose new approaches and methods using your computational biology expertise, elevating our ability to break barriers in target discovery

Skills and Requirements:

• Advanced degree (or equivalent experience) in computational biology, bioinformatics, statistics, or other scientific field that has relevance to high-dimensional biological data; 2+ years' experience (industry or academic) is preferred
• Demonstrated success developing and applying statistical and computational methods for analyzing and interpreting diverse functional genomics experiments
• Familiarity with pipelines and best practices for analyzing genomics data and diverse modern applications of sequencing technologies (including various high throughput and single cell applications)
• Extensive experience in the use of a high-level programming language (particularly R/Bioconductor, or Python/Pandas)
• A demonstrated ability to understand scientific needs from multiple R&D functions and a drive to bring complex projects to successful conclusion
• Experience working and communicating with diverse scientific teams; strong data presentation, analytical and visualization skills
• A highly motivated, proactive and "can-do" disposition

If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Jeff Chorpenning at (+1) 628-220-4284 or j.chorpenning@proclinical.com.

Proclinical is a specialist employment agency and recruitment business, providing job opportunities within major pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

Proclinical Staffing is an equal opportunity employer.

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