Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. They are seeking an entry-level Bioinformatics Engineer to support high-impact research initiatives and contribute to the development of scalable data and AI-driven platforms.

Responsibilities

• Designs and develops software, databases and interfaces for analyzing and manipulating biological data
• Draws upon knowledge of biology to improve data mining and management techniques
• Collaborates with laboratory researchers to develop high throughput data processing and analysis capability
• Adds new software that has been internally developed or imported from outside sources to in-house systems
• Directs and guides DNA, RNA and protein sequence database searches and the computational analysis of resulting data
• Provides direct technical and scientific customer support and helps guide, implement and maintain further improvements to bioinformatics software
• Works with the entire life science team to diagnose and fix issues with software

Skills

• Bachelors degree required, MS preferred or PhD in bioinformatics, computer science and/or the life sciences
• 0-2 years relevant experience
• Familiarity with simple programming using Perl/Python or Java
• Statistical programming using R or related tools
• Web-development
• Database query through SQL
• Familiarity with principles of experimental design and modern data analysis paradigms
• Strong interpersonal skills – ability to effectively interact with all levels of staff and external contacts
• Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills

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