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Toolkit Development Lead, Genomics

* Country:US
* State:CALIFORNIA
* City:San Jose
* Category:Technical Specialist
* Required Education:Bachelor's Degree
* Position Type:Professional
* Employment Type:Full-Time
* Contract Type:Regular
* Company:(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
* Req ID:346480BR
* Travel Required:No Travel
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* Location:San Jose, CA US

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Introduction
Revolutionize the genomics industry!

We are launching a stealth start-up created to manage bioinformatic computations at scale. Financially backed and operationally supported by IBM, this start-up is well positioned to transform the way biotech, pharma, and research organizations discover insights and breakthroughs.

What We Offer:

We offer a competitive performance-driven compensation package, autonomy to shape the direction of this initiative, and opportunity for career advancement.
You will enter a highly motivated team, coming from different disciplines and walks of life. We believe great teams bring great ideas to life. We value proactive team members with a strong sense of ownership, people who are able to imagine the world they want to live in and are ready to solve any problem to make it happen.
You'll get the exciting opportunity to join us and shape our initiative's future from the beginning.

Your Role and Responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional Toolkit Development Lead, Genomics.

Overseeing the team development and package delivery for the inventory of bioinformatic tools, workflows and data offered to users (including prioritized incorporation of individual bioinformatics tools, creation of workflows and sub-workflows for customer use and for demos, and creation of adapter tools), you will be the primary owner for some code repositories that do not yet exist, and for tool development.

Responsibilities include:

* Drive the creation of bundles of assets that meet targeted technical requirements for bioinformatic analysis.
* Work with the product lead on roadmap and strategy for new tools and datasets.
* Research, integrate, test, and validate new bioinformatics pipelines.
* Integrate genomics datasets.
* Improve quality of output from the Toolkits team with testing, code reviews, and team coding.
* Develop scientific use cases and demos for customer engagements, presentations, and marketing material.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
* Demonstrated development capability in programming languages used for genomics such as Python, Bash, and R.
* Familiarity with software development and project management processes and tools (Agile, GitHub, JIRA, Wiki, etc.).
* Demonstrated capability of building and using bioinformatics tools for large scale NGS (Next Generation Sequencing) analyses.
* Strong communication skills with a diverse audience, including company leadership and customers.
* Excellent analytical, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.

COVID-19 Consideration:

The safety of our employees, both current and future, is IBMs highest priority. Candidates who are selected for this position will be trained remotely and must be able to work from home in a designated work area with company-provided technology equipment. Once IBM determines employees can return to the office safely, this role requires on-site attendance at our San Jose location.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
* Demonstrated knowledge in statistics and programming languages such as Python and / or R.
* Strong hands-on programming ability in relevant framework and languages such as WDL, CWL, or Nextflow.
* Insight into emerging genomic analysis trends and recent bioinformatics tools.
* Experience in computational cancer genomics and / or single cell RNA-seq is a plus.
* Understanding of cloud computing and high-performance computing.
* Experience leading a team.
* Masters or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biology, Genetics, or related discipline with a computational emphasis.
* Ph.D. is preferred.

About Business Unit
With more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents, IBM Research brings together hundreds of researchers who possess unparalleled industry expertise to address some of the world's most challenging problems. Join us as we do pioneering work in areas such as cognitive computing, augmented intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain, to name a few.

Your Life @ IBM
What matters to you when youre looking for your next career challenge?

Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.

Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.

About IBM
IBMs greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.

Location Statement
For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

IBM intends this job to be performed entirely outside of Colorado.

Being You @ IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.