Genomic Scientist

At Boston Children’s Hospital, the quality of our care – and our inclusive hospital working environment – lies in the diversity of our people. With patients from local communities and 160 countries around the world, we’re committed to reflecting the spectrum of their cultures, while opening doors of opportunity for our team. Here, different talents pursue common goals. Voices are heard and ideas are shared. Join us, and discover how your unique contributions can change lives. Yours included. Position Summary: Research Computing supports basic, translational, and clinical research by providing pediatric researchers with access to digital tools and technologies. We bring together a diverse set of data science experts, including PhD-level bioinformaticians and genomic scientists, software engineers, and HPC specialists. We enable and collaborate with physician-scientists to develop solutions in support of cutting-edge research ranging from CryoEM to genomics and bioinformatics. As a Genomic Scientist, you will be responsible for leading and completing integrative bioinformatic analyses of RNA sequencing, methylation, long-read sequencing, and whole genome/exome sequencing data. You will be a key contributor to initiatives that aim to more effectively diagnose and treat children with pediatric rare diseases by integrating genomics into clinical care and advancing rare disease research. You will also lead bioinformatic analyses of data from patients and model organisms for projects across Boston Children’s Hospital. This position requires developing bioinformatics pipelines, applying variant interpretation algorithms, project management skills, and communicating with diverse stakeholders to gather and articulate requirements from scientist-physicians.