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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | The University of California, San Francisco is seeking a Bioinformatics Programmer to join the bioin |
| > | formatics team supporting the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory (CCGL), the Genomic Medicine Labor | ||||
| > | atory (GML), and the Institute for Human Genetics Sequencing Core (IHG Core). | ||||
| 2 | The University of California, San Francisco is seeking a Bioinformatics Programmer to join the bioin | ||||
| > | formatics team supporting the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory (CCGL), the Genomic Medicine Labor | ||||
| > | atory (GML), and the Institute for Human Genetics Sequencing Core (IHG Core). Responsibilities for C | ||||
| > | CGL: In this role, this individual will be part of a bioinformatics team responsible for design, con | ||||
| > | struction, and maintenance of a genomic analysis pipeline supporting the UCSF500 Cancer Gene Panel a | ||||
| > | ssay, a molecular test profiling DNA from tumor and normal tissue to identify mutations that may dri | ||||
| > | ve a patient’s cancer and aid in diagnosis and treatment, and a related RNAseq pipeline to identify | ||||
| > | gene fusions. Our internally developed cloud-based genomic analysis pipelines detect single nucleoti | ||||
| > | de variants, small and medium indels, structural rearrangements, copy number variants, and microsate | ||||
| > | llite instability, and communicate with sequencing core services, laboratory information management | ||||
| > | systems and clinical reporting software. Under the general direction of the Associate Director of Bi | ||||
| > | oinformatics for the Clinical Cancer Genomics Laboratory, the Bioinformatics Programmer will design | ||||
| > | and develop new components and pipelines to support new and enhanced clinical testing. New features | ||||
| > | slated for development include tumor methylation- and whole transcriptome-based classifiers and AI | ||||
| > | tools to assist in clinical signout. Other new software developed will provide support for automatin | ||||
| > | g aspects of sample analysis and error reporting and integration with other clinical systems. Additi | ||||
| > | onal responsibilities will include supporting the development of new target capture panels and test | ||||
| > | validation as well as quarterly data analysis to improve QC and support clinical annotation. In this | ||||
| > | role, the Bioinformatics Programmer will interface with molecular pathologists, laboratory and admi | ||||
| > | nistrative staff, medical researchers, technical teams for related clinical systems and data reposit | ||||
| > | ories, and research consortia. Responsibilities for GML: The individual will be part of the bioinfor | ||||
| > | matics team responsible for building and maintaining pipelines to support genomic analysis for the c | ||||
| > | linical tests performed by GML including: Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing, Exome Sequencing, Hereditar | ||||
| > | y Cancer Panel, and exome subpanels. New features slated for development include long-read sequencin | ||||
| > | g platforms to complement existing short-read whole genome sequencing. The individual will build inf | ||||
| > | rastructure to route data to, from, and between numerous 3rd party platforms, kick off appropriate a | ||||
| > | nalyses, and manage data storage. New pipelines will also be built to support auto verification of n | ||||
| > | egative cases, QC analyses, and retrospective studies. The individual will also perform ad hoc analy | ||||
| > | ses and processing of clinical data to support lab initiatives and special cases that must be handle | ||||
| > | d outside of the standard pipelines. Responsibilities for IHG Core: The individual will work as part | ||||
| > | of the bioinformatics team responsible for building and maintaining an end-to-end automated pipelin | ||||
| > | e to transport raw sequencing data from sequencing machines to UCSF Amazon Web Services Secure Enter | ||||
| > | prise Cloud, convert raw sequencing data to sequencing reads, route clinical data to downstream syst | ||||
| > | ems, perform individual analyses for custom research projects, return data to customers, and manage | ||||
| > | data storage. Other responsibilities: The individual will be required to be on call nights and weeke | ||||
| > | nds for a minimum of 13 weeks of the year, to quickly react to any situations that may arise to ensu | ||||
| > | re prompt data transfer and processing for CCGL, GML, and the IHG Core. Maintenance of pipelines, ap | ||||
| > | plications, and servers must often be performed outside of standard business hours to minimize disru | ||||
| > | ptions to the labs. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | Responsibilities for CCGL: |
| 5 | Required Qualifications: - In-depth knowledge of bioinformatics methods and data structures - In-dep | 4 | |||
| > | th knowledge of bioinformatics programming design, modification and implementation - In-depth knowle | ||||
| > | dge of genetics, genomics, and cancer biology - Advanced interpersonal skills in order to work with | ||||
| > | both technical and non-technical personnel at all levels in the organization, including senior proje | ||||
| > | ct leadership - Ability to communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner - Minimum | ||||
| > | 5 years of experience with Illumina sequencing data, genetic variant calling, variant analysis, ann | ||||
| > | otation and filtering - Proficiency with Python, R, Unix/Linux OS and shell scripting, and associate | ||||
| > | d libraries - Strong knowledge of statistics and experience working with large genomics datasets - M | ||||
| > | inimum 3 years of experience with clinical pipelines, procedures, implementation, and documentation | ||||
| > | - Strong experience with APIs - Advanced skills in data migration and data conversion Preferred Qual | ||||
| > | ifications: - Advanced understanding of relational databases, web interfaces and operating systems. | ||||
| > | - Advanced project management skills - Advanced ability to interface with management on a regular ba | ||||
| > | sis - Ability to lead a team, meet deadlines and demonstrate advanced problem solving skills - In-de | ||||
| > | pth knowledge of web, application and data security concepts and methods - In-depth knowledge of web | ||||
| > | , application and data security concepts and methods - Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services, inc | ||||
| > | luding AWS Batch - Experience developing, evaluating, or deploying machine learning models for genom | ||||
| > | ics, biomedical, or healthcare applications - Ability to critically evaluate emerging AI technologie | ||||
| > | s and identify opportunities for implementation in clinical genomics workflows - Familiarity with la | ||||
| > | rge language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, and generative | ||||
| > | AI applications in healthcare or life sciences Education, Licenses/Certifications: - Bachelor's deg | ||||
| > | ree in biological science, computational / programming, or related area and / or equivalent experien | ||||
| > | ce/training - Required - Master's Degree and 4 yrs relevant experience in bioinformatics - Required | ||||
| > | - PhD in Bioinformatics or related field - Preferred | ||||
| 5 | In this role, this individual will be part of a bioinformatics team responsible for design, constru | ||||
| > | ction, and maintenance of a genomic analysis pipeline supporting the UCSF500 Cancer Gene Panel assay | ||||
| > | , a molecular test profiling DNA from tumor and normal tissue to identify mutations that may drive a | ||||
| > | patient’s cancer and aid in diagnosis and treatment, and a related RNAseq pipeline to identify gene | ||||
| > | fusions. Our internally developed cloud-based genomic analysis pipelines detect single nucleotide v | ||||
| > | ariants, small and medium indels, structural rearrangements, copy number variants, and microsatellit | ||||
| > | e instability, and communicate with sequencing core services, laboratory information management syst | ||||
| > | ems and clinical reporting software. | ||||
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| 7 | Under the general direction of the Associate Director of Bioinformatics for the Clinical Cancer Gen | ||||
| > | omics Laboratory, the Bioinformatics Programmer will design and develop new components and pipelines | ||||
| > | to support new and enhanced clinical testing. New features slated for development include tumor met | ||||
| > | hylation- and whole transcriptome-based classifiers and AI tools to assist in clinical signout. Othe | ||||
| > | r new software developed will provide support for automating aspects of sample analysis and error re | ||||
| > | porting and integration with other clinical systems. Additional responsibilities will include suppor | ||||
| > | ting the development of new target capture panels and test validation as well as quarterly data anal | ||||
| > | ysis to improve QC and support clinical annotation. In this role, the Bioinformatics Programmer will | ||||
| > | interface with molecular pathologists, laboratory and administrative staff, medical researchers, te | ||||
| > | chnical teams for related clinical systems and data repositories, and research consortia. | ||||
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| 9 | Responsibilities for GML: | ||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 | The individual will be part of the bioinformatics team responsible for building and maintaining pip | ||||
| > | elines to support genomic analysis for the clinical tests performed by GML including: Rapid Whole Ge | ||||
| > | nome Sequencing, Exome Sequencing, Hereditary Cancer Panel, and exome subpanels. New features slated | ||||
| > | for development include long-read sequencing platforms to complement existing short-read whole geno | ||||
| > | me sequencing. The individual will build infrastructure to route data to, from, and between numerous | ||||
| > | 3rd party platforms, kick off appropriate analyses, and manage data storage. New pipelines will als | ||||
| > | o be built to support auto verification of negative cases, QC analyses, and retrospective studies. T | ||||
| > | he individual will also perform ad hoc analyses and processing of clinical data to support lab initi | ||||
| > | atives and special cases that must be handled outside of the standard pipelines. | ||||
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| 13 | Responsibilities for IHG Core: | ||||
| 14 | |||||
| 15 | The individual will work as part of the bioinformatics team responsible for building and maintainin | ||||
| > | g an end-to-end automated pipeline to transport raw sequencing data from sequencing machines to UCSF | ||||
| > | Amazon Web Services Secure Enterprise Cloud, convert raw sequencing data to sequencing reads, route | ||||
| > | clinical data to downstream systems, perform individual analyses for custom research projects, retu | ||||
| > | rn data to customers, and manage data storage. | ||||
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| 17 | Other responsibilities: | ||||
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| 19 | The individual will be required to be on call nights and weekends for a minimum of 13 weeks of the | ||||
| > | year, to quickly react to any situations that may arise to ensure prompt data transfer and processin | ||||
| > | g for CCGL, GML, and the IHG Core. Maintenance of pipelines, applications, and servers must often be | ||||
| > | performed outside of standard business hours to minimize disruptions to the labs. | ||||