Bioinformatics Scientist, Assay Design and Pipelines

Position Summary

We areseekinga skilled and motivated Bioinformatics Scientist to join our team, specializing in assay and content development for qPCR,dPCR, and CE technologies. The role focuses on delivering high-quality assays on schedule and contributing to the development and maintenance of computational pipelines, databases, and infrastructure to scale assay development. This position requiresstrong domainknowledge of genomics, PCR-based methods, andproficiencyin bioinformatics pipeline development. You will convert biological questions into assay strategies and assign robust primer/probe sets. You will streamline workflows and optimize code for efficiency and scalability. Collaboration with other bioinformatics scientists, product management, and customer support colleagues is essential.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, andoptimizeqPCR assaysfor various applications, including gene expression, genotyping, copy number analysis, and pathogen detection.

• Analyze and interpret complex genomic and sequence datato support targetselectionand assay development.

• Prepare and present scientific reports and presentationsto communicate findings and progress.

• Develop,maintain, andoptimizebioinformatics pipelinesand workflow automation for large-scale assay development.

• Maintain version-controlled repositories, documentation, and reproducibilityacross computational workflows.

• Participate in the publication or productizationof developed algorithms, pipelines, or tools

Required Qualifications

• PhD,MasterorBachelors degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, orrelatedfields.Preferred with 2+ years of relevant experience.

• Stronggenomics & molecular biologydomain knowledge in at least one of the domains inplant, mammalian, microbial, and oncologysystems.

• Bioinformatics stack: IGV, BLAST, BWA/other aligners major databases (GenBank,Ensembl) experience across genomics,andquantitative datawith strong analytical, problem-solving skills.

• Strong programming for scripting: advanced Python andworkingR,solid debugging.

• Teaming & execution: excellent communication effective cross-functional collaboration able to work independently and manage multiple projects concurrently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in C/C++/Java/Perl/JavaScript/ReactJS solid debugging.

• Experience with other assay development platforms, such as NGS, microarrays, etc.

• Familiarity with workflow orchestration frameworks (Nextflow,Snakemake, Latch) or cloud computing andhigh performancecomputingenvironments.

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