Computational Biologist/Bioinformatician

Intellia is a leading gene editing company focused on the development of proprietary, potentially curative therapeutics utilizing a recently developed biological tool known as the CRISPR/Cas9 system. We believe that the CRISPR/Cas9 technology has the potential to transform medicine by permanently editing diseased genes in the human body through a single treatment course.

Intellia Therapeutics is seeking a Computational Biologist/bioinformatician to support the development of CRISPR/Cas9 based therapeutics. This is an opportunity to contribute to all aspects of Intellia's bioinformatics platform, from building pipelines for processing next-generation sequence (NGS) data to analyzing downstream data.

• Develop and support NGS pipelines using commonly utilized tools (BWA, Bowtie, SAMtools, etc).
• Apply rigorous statistical methods for testing hypotheses on processed data.
• Implement and optimize databases and data storage methods (MySQL).
• Work with scientists to develop computational methods and tools to support new assays and implement data analyses.
• Create scientifically rigorous visualizations, communications, and presentations of results.

Required SKills:

• Demonstrated ability to write elegant and clean code in R, Python, Perl, or C++.
• Experience processing and analyzing biological data, specifically sequencing data.
• Familiarity with Linux and shell scripting/bash.

Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Bioinformatics with at least 2 years of relevant experience or recent Ph.D. in Computational Biology/Bioinformatics or related field.