What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bioinformatics Scientist position at Guardant Health?
Company Description
Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.
Job Description
About the Role:
The Bioinformatics Scientist will join an interdisciplinary team working with an unprecedented set of clinical DNA whole genome and exome sequence data and multiple epigenetic data types produced by novel R&D pipelines at Guardant Health. The scope of this project provides unique opportunities for developing and learning novel analytical methods for DNA sequencing data, including cell free DNA-based genomic and methylation data integrated with epigenetic data sets.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Work with large, complex data sets. Tend to non-routine analysis problems, applying deep epigenetic knowledge to conduct end-to-end analysis of epigenetic cell-free nucleic acid NGS data.
Development, continuous improvement, and validations of biomarkers for Guardant Health oncology products.
Develop or apply statistical methods and procedures to evaluate and validate Guardant Health technologies.
Work with the Technology Development team to develop and analyze verification and validation experiments as part of regulatory submissions.
Provide analytic support on individual samples and research activities.
Develop scripts for research and development activities, and leverage cutting edge AI methods to continuously improve efficiency.
Communicate research results through presentations and project reports as well as scientific publications.
Qualifications
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Statistics, Biological Sciences, Cancer Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Computer Science
0-5 years of related experience
Proven scientific reputation as demonstrated by scientific publication and/or contribution to successful product development in the biotech industry.
Deep understanding of modern tools and pipelines in genomics for processing and analysis of primary data, including somatic and structural variant calling.
Experience with next generation sequencing data analysis (DNA, RNA, or epigenetic analysis).
Deep experience with a statistical programming language (e.g., R, python).
Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills.
Work Environment:
Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment.
Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment.
Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
Additional Information
Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant Health, we have defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.
For positions based in Palo Alto, CA or Redwood City, CA, the base salary range for this full-time position is $128,800 to $177,100. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries across all US locations for the posted role with the exception of any locations specifically referenced below (if any).
Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including, but not limited to, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. If you are selected to move forward, the recruiting team will provide details specific to the factors above.
Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
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Salary : $128,800 - $177,100
