Bioinformatician
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Bioinformatician analyzing NGS data and improving workflows for Natera’s cell-free DNA cancer diagnostics. Supporting molecular biology experiments and liquid biopsy validation.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze sequencing data to deliver clinical diagnostic results to internal and external stakeholders
- Maintain and improve existing workflows
- Develop new workflows to automate growing company needs
- Work directly with operations, science and engineering organizations
- Process Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data using existing workflows
- Provide analytical and computational support to molecular biologists for experiments and development
- Triage failure modes in NGS processing
- Improve reliability and efficiency of shared codebases
- Assist in validation and verification studies of liquid biopsy products
Requirements:
- BA/BS or MS degree in Biology, Computer Science or a related field
- Passion for molecular biology or bioinformatics
- Strong programming ability in Python
- Knowledge of software version control (git, github)
- Experience with data analysis and visualization
- Excellent oral and written communication skills for both scientific and general audiences
- Experience with processing Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data, cloud computing (AWS, GCP, Azure) and/or scientific computing (HPC), and software testing practices are bonus qualifications
Benefits:
- Annual performance incentive bonus
- Long-term equity awards
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- 401(k) with company match
- Generous paid time off and company holidays
- Additional wellness and work-life benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
- Free testing for employees and their immediate families
- Fertility care benefits
- Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
- Commuter benefits
- Employee referral program


















