Invitae is a healthcare technology company that uses genetic information to empower doctors and patients to make informed medical decisions. Our development team is taming the chaos of biology with cutting-edge methods and high throughput workflows capable of processing thousands of samples each week. We are constantly improving our tools and technologies to deliver the highest quality actionable information to patients. Behind every sample that comes in through the door we know there is an individual and a family looking for answers.As part of our Bioinformatics Rapid Response team you will help improve our products, workflows and tools in a production setting. You will apply your knowledge of software engineering, computer science and statistics to optimize our assays in various ways such as cost, turnaround time and operational stability. In the team, you will drive execution and own a solution through conception, implementation, validation and production release. You will work and learn among an extraordinary set of peers: bioinformaticians, molecular biologists, and software engineers. Your work will improve the quality of our products and directly impact each of our patients.What you will do:

• Evaluate and improve production algorithms and statistical models for NGS and non-NGS assays technologies, to reduce costs, improve turnaround time, increase automation
• Critically analyze large production datasets using in-house tools and build custom tools when needed
• Write production-level code to implement data-driven improvements
• Lead development in a cross-disciplinary setting to define issues, assemble datasets, devise analyses and document conclusions for internal review and regulatory purposes

What you will bring:

• Advanced graduate degree in bioinformatics, statistics, computer science or a related discipline, or 5+ years of experience working in a bioinformatics role
• Deep knowledge and experience analyzing genetics data (including Illumina SBS, PacBio, microarrays, capillary electrophoresis)
• Understanding of the statistical and algorithmic foundations of modern variant calling packages  such as GATK and techniques for CNV/large events calling
• Experience reading and writing source code for large software projects, with strong preference for Python
• Excellent written and verbal communication and data presentation skills

At Invitae, we value diversity and provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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