Kelly® Science & Clinical is seeking a Computational Biologist for a one-year contract opportunity with a leading CDMO at their San Diego, CA biomanufacturing facility. If you are driven by the prospect of translating cutting-edge scientific discoveries into tangible advancements and are poised to advance your career, join us as we pioneer progress in the biotechnology industry.

Workplace: Onsite in San Diego, CA

Position Title: Bioinformatics Scientist

Position type: One-year contract with enhanced benefits

Pay rate: $60-70/hour.

Company: Kelly® Science & Clinical

Overview

The Bioinformatics Scientist will provide expertise in bioinformatics methods to our product development teams with bioinformatics pipelines and analysis towards better and more affordable cell therapy, personalized medicine solutions.

Responsibilities

• The ideal candidate thrives on the applications of NGS data analysis and is passionate about learning.
• Provide continuous standardization, improvements, and features on our single-cell data analysis pipelines, including both internal and external software tools.
• Develop new data analysis plans and methods and execute them to provide improved single-cell data analysis and visualization solutions.
• Review, implement, troubleshoot, and improve analytic analysis methods, and integrate standard and emerging AI/ML models as appropriate.
• Build and deploy bioinformatics pipelines that leverage NGS applications including single-cell RNA-seq and CITE-seq.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, providing computational tools and resources for analysis of large biological data sets.

Qualifications

• Demonstrating experience with next-generation sequencing single-cell data analysis from transcriptomics and proteomics is required.
• Hands-on experience with the Nextflow pipeline development tool
• Hands-on work experience with large complex data sets, programming languages such as Python and R, and translation of results to a non-technical audience.
• Experience in high-performance computing and/or cloud computing.
• Outstanding collaboration skills that enable effective partnerships with professionals from different technical backgrounds.
• Good knowledge of software design principles including git, docker, and markdown documentation.
• A general understanding of molecular biology and wet lab omics technologies is preferred.

Preferred

• BS with 5+ years, MSc with 3+ years, or Ph.D. with 2+ years relevant experience, or equivalent, in a quantitative field, e.g., Bioinformatics, Computation Biology, etc.
• Experience with optimization and statistical data analysis tools is a plus.
• Strong core in genomics, molecular biology, and NGS, with a proven track record in translating complex biological questions into computational tools that solve problems.
• Experience with integration analysis of NGS data sources in the context of immune cell therapy is a plus.
• Relevant experience applying NGS to Immunology or Immuno-oncology is a plus.

Join Us

If your qualifications align with the requirements of this role, we invite you to apply and take the next step in your career journey. Rest assured, even if this opportunity isn't the perfect match, your profile will remain within our network, ensuring you're connected to a wealth of future opportunities in the field of science and clinical research.