Bioinformatics Scientist - Solid Tumor @ Tempus AI
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attach_money $150,000
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scheduleFull Time
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About the Role
Tempus AI is dedicated to advancing precision medicine by leveraging AI to deliver actionable insights. The Bioinformatics Scientist - Solid Tumor role is focused on translational cancer research and clinical genomics.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize algorithms to analyze next generation sequencing data.
- Design and conduct analyses to improve variant calling and data modeling.
- Validate oncology assays against orthogonal methods.
- Collaborate with scientists and clinicians on cancer sequencing data.
- Produce high quality, detailed documentation for all projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or Genomics or 2+ years relevant experience.
- Proficiency in Python and scientific programming.
- Experience processing and analyzing DNA and next generation sequencing data.
Ideal Candidate Attributes
- Experience in cancer genomics and predictive algorithm development.
- Familiarity with workflow languages such as CWL/WDL.
- Experience with cloud systems including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Self-driven and collaborative team player with excellent communication skills.
Key skills/competency
- Bioinformatics
- Genomics
- Cancer
- Algorithms
- Data Analysis
- Next Generation Sequencing
- Python
- Cloud
- CWL
- Documentation
How to Get Hired at Tempus AI
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Customize your resume: Highlight bioinformatics and cancer genomics skills.
- Research Tempus AI: Understand their precision medicine approach.
- Detail technical achievements: Emphasize algorithm development and Python.
- Prepare for case studies: Be ready to discuss clinical genomics projects.
📝 Interview Preparation Advice
Technical Preparation
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Review Python scripting best practices.
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Practice algorithm optimization techniques.
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Study next generation sequencing data.
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Familiarize with cloud platforms like AWS.
Behavioral Questions
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Describe a team project challenge overcome.
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Explain a technical failure and lessons learned.
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Discuss communicating complex data to non-experts.
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Share experience working in interdisciplinary teams.
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