Senior Bioinformatics Associate

Invivoscribe is an industry pioneer, dedicated to Improving Lives with Precision Diagnostics®. Invivoscribe has been the global leader in driving international standardization of testing and accelerating patient access to the newest and best cancer treatments for over 25 years.

Headquartered in sunny San Diego, California with locations across the world, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of products and services. We work with key collaborators to develop molecular assays, reagents, controls and bioinformatics tools under ISO 13485 design control that are used by over 700 clinical laboratories in over 160 countries.

Our global network of laboratories offers internationally standardized next generation molecular and flow cytometry panels to support drug development and accelerate drug approvals worldwide. We work with pharmaceutical partners and international regulatory agencies across the globe to develop companion diagnostics, which are necessary to gain approval of new drugs and treatments for cancer patients. Our harmonized ISO15189 accredited and CLIA/CAP clinical laboratories offer a test menu focused on biomarkers which are clinically actionable to support therapeutic decisions, measurable residual disease (MRD) testing, patient stratification, and trial enrollment, all designed to accelerate approvals of new oncology drugs and treatments.

For 25 years, we have been at forefront of precision diagnostics, and we’re just getting started!

We are looking to add a Senior Bioinformatics Associate to our Bioinformatics department. The Senior Bioinformatics Associate works within the Bioinformatics team to develop, improve and maintain tools, pipelines, and software for the analysis or complex NGS datasets that meet or exceed the quality expectations and regulatory requirements for molecular diagnostic assays and research products. This position also requires the employee to follow Invivoscribe’ s quality and development policies, including documentation and validation of analyses to ensure that products and assays meet the required specifications.

Core Responsibilities Include:

• Contributes to design and leads Implementation of novel computational and statistical approaches and frameworks to analyze and interpret complex NGS data sets.
• Maintains, troubleshoots and improves existing bioinformatics tools, pipelines and software.
• Conducts genetic interpretation and application of results from NGS data generated for the LymphoTrack Assay products.
• Writes documentation and updates version control for new and existing bioinformatics tools, pipelines and software.
• Manages software validations and provides comments/reviews for regulatory documents.
• Coordinates and interacts closely with other scientists across multiple departments and disciplines on data quality and file management; implements these formats and metrics for project data.
• Regularly communicates accomplishments and progress to team members and management.
• Proactively communicates with co-workers to help ensure analytical goals are achieved.
• Shares expertise; provides training and guidance to team members and fellow scientists as needed.

You Bring:

• B.S. Degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, molecular biology, or related field with, typically 5+ years of post-graduate bioinformatics/computational experience to include experience in immunology or cancer research and applying statistics/biostatistics to biological datasets; Master’s Degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, molecular biology, or related field with, typically 2+ years’ related post-graduate experience.
• Experience with building bioinformatics analysis pipelines for immunology and/or oncology assays
• Extensive experience with general bioinformatics data analysis and software/algorithm development.
• Experience with the analysis of next generation sequence (NGS) data and knowledge/familiarity with various NGS platforms and NGS protocols.
• Experience with Linux and fluency in at least one programming language (e.g., Perl, Python, Java) with the capability to quickly learn and adopt new tools is required.
• Understanding and/or experience with machine learning and/or AI algorithm implementation is a plus.

We Bring:

• A beautiful modern facility centrally located in San Diego County, with many jobs conducive to a hybrid work from home arrangement.
• A safe, fully-vaccinated, work environment.
• A diverse and inclusive work environment where you will learn, grow, and make new friends.
• A well-stocked breakroom with hot and cold beverages, snacks, refrigerator and pantry items to get you through the day.
• Competitive salaries and bonus program, incentive stock options, amazing benefit options, a 401k plan with a fully vested employer match, and generous time off benefits that include floating holidays.

Invivoscribe is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Evidence of COVID-19 vaccination will be required as a condition of employment.