Revvity | About Us
Revvity is a developer and provider of end-to-end solutions designed to help scientists, researchers, and clinicians solve the world’s greatest health challenges. We pair the enthusiasm of an industry disruptor with the experience of a longtime leader. Our diverse team of 11,000+ colleagues from around the globe are vital to our success and the reason we’re able to push boundaries in pursuit of better human health.
Find your future at Revvity.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced bioinformatician who is interested in working at the forefront of the gene editing (CRISPR knock-out, base editing) and gene modulation (CRISPRa, CRISPRi, RNAi) fields. As a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist 1, you will have the opportunity to apply your strong bioinformatics background and software development skills to make key contributions in support of a wide variety of Revvity products and services including screening services, base editing research, whole genome CRISPR/RNAi reagents, and diagnostics reference standards.
In this role, you will work closely with scientists, software engineers, product managers, and other bioinformaticians to support and drive cutting edge research products and services. If you are an experienced bioinformatician, are fulfilled by working on challenging problems, and enjoy being part of a vibrant team, this role is for you!
Key Responsibilities
Work as part of an Agile development team to develop, test, document, and support bioinformatics pipelines and tools (primarily Python with some C# and R)
Help manage complex projects by gathering user requirements and breaking them into technical tasks for the team
Mentor junior group members and provide high-level guidance on software architecture, bioinformatics, and scientific approach to problems
Provide expert feedback on new code through pull requests
Drive collaboration with scientists, product managers, software engineers, and other internal stakeholders to understand and address the complex, emerging needs of our business and customers
Prepare and present high quality data packages and reports to internal/external clients
Help drive innovation within the bioinformatics group and company by suggesting new areas of research/development
Essential Competencies & Requirements
Relevant experience post-PhD (or equivalent experience) in bioinformatics, computational biology, molecular biology, chemistry, physics, statistics, computer science, or a related field
Bioinformatics expertise – experienced in using standard tools and common data sources
Strong software development skills
3+ years’ experience in Python development and testing
Experience creating and querying databases (e.g. PostgreSQL)
Advanced knowledge of Git
Experience developing user-facing software (command-line, web app)
Able to work independently and deliver high quality results while managing multiple simultaneous projects
Desirable Competencies & Requirements
Experience working as part of Agile development team
Familiarity with cloud development and resources (Azure, AWS); Linux & HPC experience a plus
Experience working in Flask (or another Python web framework) and Python development tools (e.g. pyenv, poetry, tox)
Experience with Docker and writing Dockerfiles and with CI/CD (Jenkins, CircleCI, Azure Pipelines etc.)
Experience developing NGS analysis pipelines or familiarity with common gene and variant annotation data sources (e.g. NCBI, COSMIC)
Intermediate to advanced experience developing in a language other than Python (especially R or C#)
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