Bioinformatician - Python/R (1-3 yrs)

Position : Bioinformatician (1 - 3 Years experienced in cancer projects)

Job Location : Powai (Mumbai)

Open For : Both Male / Female Candidates possessing requisite skills and experience as desired by us.

Requirement Brief :

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Bioinformatician to join our team. The successful candidate will have strong programming skills in either Python or R and should have some open source code available for review on platforms such as Github. The Bioinformatician will be responsible for developing novel bioinformatics tools and maintaining existing ones to improve our NGS pipeline as well as collaborating with the rest of the team to integrate these tools into multiple projects. Some experience with NGS analysis is desirable.

Key Responsibilities :

- Develop and maintain novel bioinformatics tools to improve our NGS pipeline.

- Actively enhance our NGS pipelines using publically available tools and databases.

- Collaborate with the rest of the team to integrate these tools into our research projects.

- Analyze and interpret data and contribute to the writing and reporting of research findings.

- Contribute to the development and maintenance of our in-house bioinformatics infrastructure.

Qualifications :

- Strong programming skills in either Python or R.

- Some experience in DNA-seq analysis.

- Some open source code available for review on platforms such as Github.

- Comfortable working in a Unix environment, working with tools like Docker and writing shell scripts.

- Strong understanding of best practices in software development.

- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

- Good communication skills, both written and verbal.

- A degree in bioinformatics, computer science or a related field is preferred, but not required.