[R-jobs] A position of Bioinformatician is available at Sophia Genetics (Lausanne, Switzerland).

[Nicolas Delhomme]

Please do NOT contact me for this post. Please see below for contact details.

The company offers solutions for the secure storage and analysis of patient genome sequence information to enable its effective, confidential application to personalized healthcare. The jobholder will be involved in clinical next generation sequence (NGS) data analysis pipeline development. The candidates will be responsible for testing different open-­‐source solutions and tailoring for in-­‐house use. The applicant will be expected to read research publications and implement analysis algorithms. The successful applicant should have expertise in NGS data analysis and high volume data visualization. The applicant must be able to demonstrate excellence in the following areas: Strong programming experience in C/C++; Strong data analysis experience using R/Bioconductor, Java/Python; Unix shell programming; Experience in the analysis of high-­‐throughput sequencing data (preferably Solexa/Illumina and 454 sequence data); Experience in genome structural variation detection; Familiarity with Galaxy or other pipeline building system; Experience in parallel computing using clusters; The applicant should work well in a group as well as be able to move forward independently. Good documentation skills are required (flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code). 

Please send your cover letter and CV to Zhenyu Xu (zxu using sophiagenetics.com )

Sophia Genetics SA 
PSE-­‐EPFL Campus Batiment D
CH-­‐1024 Ecublens