Known for its scientific and operational excellence, Regeneron is a leading science-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, invents, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. Regeneron commercializes medicines for eye diseases, high LDL-cholesterol, atopic dermatitis and a rare inflammatory condition and has product candidates in development in other areas of high unmet medical need, including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, pain, cancer and infectious diseases. Summary: The Bioinformatics Analyst assists in the development and maintenance of bioinformatics applications and analytics pipelines running on the Amazon Web Services cloud and on-premise computing platforms. The function of these applications range from next generation sequencing (NGS) analysis to oligonucleotide design for gene silencing. The candidate works closely with researchers from different scientific functions to understand their needs and provide support to existing bioinformatics pipelines. #LI-GP1 Job Duties: This role requires strong familiarity with conducting bioinformatics analysis in a Linux environment. This includes extensive experience in scripting (such as shell, R, Ruby on Rails), configuring bioinformatics software, querying biological databases (e.g. dbSNP, NCBI, PDB), and building complex pipelines. The post holder will develop and maintain bioinformatics analytics platforms supporting our cutting-edge antibody discovery and production pipeline. Responsibilities: • Develop and maintain bioinformatics pipelines ranging from next-generation sequencing analysis to lead antibody selection to oligonucleotide design • Work with researchers to understand their needs and support feature requests • Work with other bioinformaticians to enhance existing pipelines, share methodologies, and develop best practices • Effectively communicate methodologies to a variety of technical audiences Required: • Bachelor’s Degree in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or related field • Experience with conducting bioinformatics analysis and building pipelines (e.g. next-generation sequencing analysis, querying bioinformatics database APIs) • Strong background in at least one of the following languages: R, Ruby, Perl, Python • Strong familiarity in working in a Linux environment and shell scripting • Strong familiarity with database management systems such as MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB • Familiar with code version control systems such as git, subversion, CVS • Code debugging, profiling and optimization techniques Preferred: • Masters or PhD degree in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or related field • 2+ years of experience in R (with Shiny framework), Ruby (with Rails framework) • Next generation sequencing (NGS) pipeline experience • Experience with high performance and cloud based computing • Experience with front-end application development • Experience with web server administration • Effective communication of complex concepts to collaborators with wide range of expertise 2+ years of programming experience, ideally in a Linux environment This is an opportunity to join our select team that is already leading the way in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech industry. Apply today and learn more about Regeneron’s unwavering commitment to combining good science & good business. To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Regeneron about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Regeneron via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Regeneron, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Regeneron for this position and a valid agreement with Regeneron is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the Regeneron agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid. Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
