At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way: We pursue bold ideas, embrace complexity, and keep pushing forward.
- We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, deliver with excellence, and always find a way.
- We Are Stronger Together: We engage with empathy, align around what's best for Veracyte, and celebrate as one team.
- We Care Deeply: We show up with integrity, kindness, and respect for one another.
Veracyte utilizes Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and microarray technologies in combination with proprietary analysis pipelines to examine molecular signatures that ultimately assist physicians in managing patient care across a variety of cancer types. We are seeking a 6 month part-time intern for recent graduates (< 1 year) to join us and have hands-on learning opportunity in the development of Veracyte’s Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) pipeline. Your contribution will enable effective research and development in our lab, supporting scientists and creating an environment conducive to optimal work. Your responsibilities will involve helping the team to execute experiments across projects that are prioritized for the Development team during your internship period. You will collaborate with a highly engaged team of scientists and work closely with other groups across Veracyte. Additionally, you will have opportunities for ongoing training and sharing ideas to continuously improve lab processes.
Your assignments will include:
- Handling biological/clinical specimens
- Processing these specimens for NGS, including nucleic acid extraction and library preparation through sequencing data generation.
- Participating in experimental design, execution, and analysis discussion.
- Conducting general lab maintenance management
- Performing all laboratory activities in accordance with the Quality Assurance Program
Veracyte utilizes Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and microarray technologies in combination with proprietary analysis pipelines to examine molecular signatures that ultimately assist physicians in managing patient care across a variety of cancer types. We are seeking a 6 month part-time intern for recent graduates (< 1 year) to join us and have hands-on learning opportunity in the development of Veracyte’s Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) pipeline. Your contribution will enable effective research and development in our lab, supporting scientists and creating an environment conducive to optimal work. Your responsibilities will involve helping the team to execute experiments across projects that are prioritized for the Development team during your internship period. You will collaborate with a highly engaged team of scientists and work closely with other groups across Veracyte. Additionally, you will have opportunities for ongoing training and sharing ideas to continuously improve lab processes.
Your assignments will include:
- Handling biological/clinical specimens
- Processing these specimens for NGS, including nucleic acid extraction and library preparation through sequencing data generation.
- Participating in experimental design, execution, and analysis discussion.
- Conducting general lab maintenance management
- Performing all laboratory activities in accordance with the Quality Assurance Program
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For candidates based in our San Diego office, the hourly range is $20.00 - $22.00 an hour.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
What We Can Offer You
Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About Veracyte
Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).
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Skills Required
- Recent graduate (less than 1 year since graduation)
- Ability to work onsite in San Diego (on-site internship)
- Experience handling biological or clinical specimens
- Experience with nucleic acid extraction and library preparation for NGS
- Familiarity with sequencing data generation and NGS workflows
- Ability to participate in experimental design, execution, and analysis discussions
- Perform general lab maintenance and follow the Quality Assurance Program
- Availability for a six-month, part-time internship
Veracyte Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Veracyte and has not been reviewed or approved by Veracyte.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes PTO, sick leave, paid medical leave, and paid parental leave; PTO is characterized as better than average with accrual increasing over tenure.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) with employer match, with indications the match has been enhanced recently.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is accessible through an ESPP and RSUs for certain roles, and added share authorization signals continued equity availability.
Veracyte Insights
What We Do
Veracyte is a global diagnostics company that empowers clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our growing menu of diagnostic tests answers important clinical questions to help patients avoid risky, costly procedures and interventions, and accelerate time to appropriate treatment
