Overall Responsibilities: The Applied Genomics department at Genus seeks a Bioinformatics Scientist to help us change the future of animal breeding, through strategic and actionable uses of genomic data. Join a growing team using next generation sequencing and bioinformatics to improve decision making and accelerate genetic improvement in bovine and porcine genetics. Specific accountabilities: Thrive in an environment of increasingly large datasets Participate in all phases of the genomics data lifecycle from experiment conception, pipeline development and execution, and management of data assets to address current and future questions Have a bias towards curiosity and extraction of actionable intelligence from the data Enjoy working in a collaborative team environment Have a communication style that is effective for both technical and lay audiences Serve as the primary bioinformatics expert on projects Provide support for users to understand the results of the analysis Drive and review experimental design for projects Qualifications and experience: Master’s or PhD in Bioinformatics or related Life or Computational Science or Bachelor degree with 3+ years experience Deep experience of standard NGS bioinformatics toolsets at the command line Strong coding skills in appropriate languages for bioinformatics Experience in HPC environments and/or cloud computing Experience in bovine and/or porcine genomics is beneficial but not required Capabilities and behaviors: Reflects Genus R&D’s aim of having the strongest talent in the industry Lives and displays the Genus ABS Values and behaviors at all times in day to day work. Maintains professional verbal and written communications with co-workers, internal and external customers, and vendors at all times. Flexible with job responsibilities and consistently strives to be an effective team member. Strives to advance skills and displays a willingness to accept future development. Actively participates in Company training opportunities to further develop applicable skills. Gains a thorough understanding of the Company’s business and the department’s role within the company.
