Job Description:
ProCogia is a data consulting firm headquartered in Vancouver, BC with employees and clients across the United States and Canada. We specialize in Data Operations, Data Engineering, BI & Analytics, Data Science & Bioinformatics across a broad range of industries including Telecom, Pharma, Biotechnology, Retail, Logistics, Technology, Financial Services, Media & non-profit. We are a technology agnostic firm giving us a client first, independent approach towards delivering our Data solutions.
We’re a diverse, close-knit team with a common pursuit of providing top-class, end-to-end data solutions for our clients. In return for your talent and technical expertise, you will be rewarded with a competitive salary, generous benefits along with ample opportunity for personal development. ‘Growth mindset’ is something we seek in all our new hires and has helped drive much of our recent growth across North America. Our distinct approach is to push the limits and value derived from data. Working within ProCogia’s thriving environment will allow you to unleash your full career potential.
ProCogia has experienced considerable growth over the last two years & core to our culture is maintaining a high-level of female representation throughout the company. Our diversity, and differences allow us to create innovative and effective data solutions for our clients.
Our Mission
We enable our customers to make intelligent and agile decisions through strategically tailored data solutions. We attract, develop and retain diverse, motivated and collaborative team players who love what they do.
Our Values
TRUST We build trust in all of our relationships, internally and externally
GROWTH We believe in life-long learning; both personally and professionally
INNOVATION Our technology-agnostic & innovative approach enables cutting-edge data solutions
EXCELLENCE We are committed to delivering excellence in everything we do
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Develop novel bioinformatics tools (in R or Python) and integrate them into existing genomics analysis workflows
- Create and maintain R packages
- Develop interactive tools to visualize multi-omics data/results
- Run existing NGS pipelines to analyze and visualize data from a variety of experiments
- Engage with collaborators including bioinformaticians, data scientists, computational scientists
- Communicate project methodology and results with collaborators
Required Skills:
- Strong bioinformatics analytical skills with experience analyzing multi-omics data (bulk RNA-seq, scRNA-seq, ATAC-seq, CITE-seq, ChIP-seq, WGS, WES, CRISPR screens)
- Strong proficiency in R and/or Python, and familiarity with Bioconductor or Bioconda packages and tools
- Experience developing tools, packages, or pipelines in R/Python for bioinformatics workflows
- Familiarity with common file formats such as fastq, fasta, bam, sam, hdf5, zarr, tiledb
- Familiarity of multi-omics databases
- Experience working with Linux-based servers (HPC, slurm environments an asset)
- Familiarity with command line tools and git (please provide GitHub link)
- Good understanding of biological concepts, NGS modalities, and associated statistical methods and concepts
- Machine learning skills and experience an asset
- Good data science practices
- Excellent communication skills in English including presentation skills
Education:
- MSc or PhD (preferred) in Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology, Microbiology, Genetics, Bioinformatics, or related sciences. BSc with demonstrated experience in bioinformatics and computational analysis is also acceptable.
Location: Anywhere in Canada
ProCogia is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workspace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. |
