Job Description

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

We are seeking a highly motivated and capable bioinformatics scientist with experience and interest in translational cancer research and clinical genomics. This position requires experience with scientific programming, relational data systems, algorithms development, and statistical modeling. Top candidates will also have experience deploying bioinformatics code within a clinical setting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and optimize algorithms used to gain insight into cancer variation through analysis of next generation sequencing data
• Design and conduct analysis to evaluate improvements in variant calling, classification, data modeling, and analysis systems.
• Validate oncology assays to orthogonal methods.
• Collaborate with scientists and clinicians to design and perform analyses on cancer clinical sequencing data in order to improve quality of care.
• Work in interdisciplinary groups of scientists, engineers, and product developers to translate research into clinically actionable insights for our clients.
• Produce high quality and detailed documentation for all projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A completed Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or Genomics or 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Computational skills using Python, R, and/or Bioconductor.

Ideal candidates will possess:

• Experience in cancer genomics
• Experience working with next-generation sequencing data
• Experience using workflow languages such as CWL and/or WDL
• Experience using cloud systems such as AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Self-driven and works well in interdisciplinary teams
• Experience with communicating insights and presenting concepts to a diverse audience
• Background in predictive or prognostic algorithm development

Chicago/Remote Range : $90,000- $135,000 USD

NYC/SF Range: $100,000-$150,000 USD

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from California and may vary for other locations (Colorado, Illinois, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

Additionally, for remote roles open to individuals in unincorporated Los Angeles - including remote roles- Tempus reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: engaging positively with customers and other employees; accessing confidential information, including intellectual property, trade secrets, and protected health information; and appropriately handling such information in accordance with legal and ethical standards. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Tags

Full time, Remote work,

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