# Computational Biologist

**Company**: Freenome
**Location**: Remote
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $131,325 - $189,525
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Computational Biologist to join our Freenome Computational Biology, Assay Research (CBAR) team. You will apply your scientific expertise to develop early, noninvasive tests for cancer detection using cfDNA as a biomarker.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead the analysis and interpretation of molecular and clinical data in early cancer detection.

- Suggest research hypotheses and areas for computational model and assay improvement.

- Design and execute research studies to drive early research of prototype cancer early detection products.

- Develop bioinformatics pipelines for high-throughput NGS data processing and analysis.

- Collaborate with wet lab scientists to characterise and iterate on experimental methods.

- Remain current with molecular techniques in oncology and contribute to the development of next-generation assays.

**Requirements:**

- PhD in computational biology, cancer biology, statistics, bioinformatics, or a related quantitative field.

- Experience in NGS assay and pipeline development.

- Strong quantitative reasoning and data analysis skills.

- Proficiency in Python statistical packages (Numpy, Matplotlib, Pandas) or equivalent.

- Excellent oral and written communication skills.

- Ability to work in a cross-functional team.

**Nice to Have:**

- Expert knowledge of chromatin biology, liquid biopsy, DNA methylation, and their relevance in cancer early detection.

- Experience working with DNA methylation data for biomarker discovery research.

- Familiarity with statistical and/or machine learning algorithms.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary ($131,325 - $189,525).

- Equity, cash bonuses, and a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- NGS assay development
- bioinformatics
- statistics
- molecular biology
- Python
- data analysis

### Nice to have
- chromatin biology
- liquid biopsy
- DNA methylation
- machine learning algorithms

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