Arc Institute
Scientist, Bioinformatics
Palo Alto, CA
Sponsorship not specified$135k-$187kDetected 35 days ago
Full-Stack DevelopmentGCPFirewallBioinformaticsResearch
About the role
- About Arc Institute Arc Institute is an independent nonprofit research organization at the interface of artificial intelligence and biology, working to accelerate scientific progress and understand the root causes of complex diseases.
- Arc's Technology Centers and Core Investigator labs work side by side, integrating experimental and computational biology under one roof to tackle problems neither could solve alone.
- More than 300 Arconauts work together at our Palo Alto headquarters, backed by substantial long-term philanthropic funding.
Responsibilities
- Build systems that matter.
- Beyond analyzing data, you will help create robust, tested, documented, and scalable pipelines that support production-level research.
- Arc aims to create an environment where excellent science, technical rigor, generosity, and intellectual ambition reinforce one another.
Requirements
- 1-2 years of post-Ph.D. experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, or related analysis of high-throughput sequencing datasets in an academic, biotech, pharmaceutical, or research institute setting.
- You are passionate about science and excited about answering biological questions related to complex human diseases.
- You are known for your ability to analyze complex datasets and work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
Nice to have
- Scientific background in one or more disease-relevant areas, including neurodegeneration, cancer biology, or immunology.
- Experience with cloud computing platforms (particularly GCP) for running production-scale pipelines.
- Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source bioinformatics software, including writing tests, documentation, and versioned releases.
- Comfort working with large imaging-based datasets or familiarity with image analysis pipelines is a plus.
Compensation
- The base salary range for this position is $135,000-$186,500.
Company info
- About Arc Institute
- Arc Institute is an independent nonprofit research organization at the interface of artificial intelligence and biology, working to accelerate scientific progress and understand the root causes of complex diseases.
- Founded in 2021 and based in Palo Alto, Arc partners with Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco.
- Unlike academia, our scientists have long-term funding and industry-like resources.
- Unlike industry, they're free to pursue high-risk, long-term research without commercial pressures.
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