Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations. We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

Bioinformatics team is a growing group at the Informatics and Analytics Department (I&A) of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI).?? The team addresses unmet needs for bioinformatics, data management, data mining and analysis across research, clinical, and operational units. It accelerates use of bioinformatics and data science methods, data, and tools within DFCI, bridging the gap between research and clinical practice and helping design and implement operational solutions. The group encompasses expertise in bioinformatics, data science and machine learning, and seeks to develop a highly interdisciplinary environment supporting DFCI research, clinical, and operational staff. The group works with some of the most prominent research and clinical DFCI programs, from basic research to translational research, to clinical diagnostics and operations.

As we widen our collaborations with several crucial centers and programs at DFCI we look for an intelligent, hard-working, and dynamic individual to serve as Bioinformatics Scientist I or Bioinformatics Scientist II. The successful candidate will serve as an expert who will support some of the key initiatives relying on genomic data and who will have the ability to lead projects and potentially, in the future, lead other people within the team. Specifically the role will work on an exciting new initiative to develop a cloud-based bioinformatics analysis platform. The platform will enable DFCI researchers to easily manage and analyze their genomic and biomedical data in the cloud environment, build and run analysis workflows and visualize the results.

The successful candidate will have proven experience in managing and independently executing complex bioinformatics tasks in the frame of Bioinformatics Workbench project. The role???s responsibilities will include:

• Owning and leading various projects, serving as a subject matter expert.
• Developing and implementing bioinformatics tools and pipelines in cloud environment.
• Collaborating with DFCI software engineering and data science teams as well as interacting with external cloud and other technology vendors.
• Meeting, consulting and providing computational and informatics support to various DFCI scientists and independent faculty members in designing and executing key biomedical projects.
• Collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and integrating complex biomedical data.
• Delivering results for projects and generating relevant reports.
• Working as a part of the broader team to identify and implement longer-term solutions that will improve quality, speed and efficacy of our current projects and programs through evaluating and benchmarking new software tools and pipeline development.
• Contributing expertise to DFCI software code base and communities of practice.

• MS or PhD (preferred) with evidence of impact in bioinformatics applied to real life problems, ideally within a biomedical research or clinical environment. Exceptional BS candidates could also be considered.
• 3+ years of experience in basic, translational or clinical research setting required.
• Deep bioinformatics skills at the interface between bioinformatics programming and understanding of biological and clinical problems.
• Experience in analysis of the next generation sequencing data, e.g. DNA-Seq, RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, etc; experience in single-cell data analysis is a plus.
• Substantial experience in one or more areas of cancer research, including solid tumors, hematologic malignancies, patient-derived cancer models, biomarker discovery, etc. is a major plus.
• Excellent communication and effective problem-solving skills, track record in serving a variety of diverse customers and projects.
• Proven ability to work independently, prioritize, and manage people if needed, within an environment with evolving priorities.

At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong.?? As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are equally committed to diversifying our faculty and staff.?? Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and diverse professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.