Bioinformatics Scientist

Natera is seeking a Bioinformatics Scientist to join our Bioinformatics Research & Development team with a focus on cancer recurrence monitoring. Natera ’s mission is to change the management of disease worldwide with a focus on reproductive health, cancer, and organ transplantation. The ideal candidate should have experience in sequencing data analysis, genomics, and/or algorithm development. This individual will analyze large and complex high-throughput cancer genomics datasets. They will also assist in developing novel computational methods, and integrating frameworks developed by our R&D team. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Analyze high-throughput DNA sequencing datasets utilizing understanding of cancer biology and genomics. Help implement and validate novel algorithms and statistical methods. Collaborate with molecular biologists and other bioinformatics scientists to answer biological questions Contribute to experimental design and quality control Help develop tools and end-to-end bioinformatics pipelines QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, engineering, molecular biology, or a related field; Master's degree preferred Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience doing high-throughput genomic sequencing analysis KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: Experience doing NGS data analysis (e.g. mapping, variant calling, etc.) Strong programming skills in a scientific programming language, Python strongly preferred Knowledg