Staff Computational Biologist

Freenome

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$188,275–$270,375/yr

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About the Role:

  • You will lead the analysis and interpretation of cancer's molecular signatures, driving the creation of new applications and enhancing algorithms.
  • You will collaborate closely with machine learning scientists and computational biologists to iteratively advance computational models and assays.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as a thought-leader, guiding model development and executing rigorous computational analyses on data from best-in-class molecular assays.
  • Design novel statistical models for evaluating and characterizing molecular signatures of cancer, and identify research hypotheses for model improvement.
  • Partner with molecular biologists and development scientists to refine experiments and turn research models into products.

Qualifications:

  • PhD or equivalent in a quantitative field with at least 8 years of post-PhD experience in computational biology for cancer diagnostics.
  • Deep expertise in cancer and molecular biology, with proficiency in Python statistical packages and modeling packages.
  • Experience with high-throughput data types including Methyl-seq, ATAC-seq, RNA-seq, and cell-free DNA signals.

Freenome

Freenome is a biotechnology company developing blood tests for early cancer detection. We are a growing organization dedicated to changing the landscape of cancer, with a collaborative and diverse team.

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