Bioinformatics Engineer (top 3% revenue in S21, backed by YCC)

(Full Time) Bioinformatics Engineer (top 3% revenue in S21, backed by YCC) at Genomelink (United States)

Bioinformatics Engineer (top 3% revenue in S21, backed by YCC)

Genomelink United States

Date Posted: 28 Jul, 2022

Work Location: Berkeley, CA, United States

Salary Offered: $100000 — $150000 yearly

Job Type: Full Time

Experience Required: 3+ years

Remote Work: Yes

Stock Options: Yes

Vacancies: 1 available

About Genomelink

Genomelink is a DNA App Store. If you’ve had DNA tested from Ancestry or 23andMe, you can transfer your DNA data to Genomelink to unlock many apps. We believe that consumer genomics is still like the 90s of the Internet. While over 50M people have got DNA tested in the U.S., the number will continue to grow by billions worldwide in the following decades. Genomelink will become the default data storage and app store in the future.

• Build the world's #1 consumer application platform
• Bring back DNA data ownership to your hand
• Help advancement of genomics and health science

Our achievements:

• $500K+ monthly revenue (top 3% of YC S21 batch)
• Profitable in 2020
• 500K+ DNA uploading users from 100+ countries
• Raised $14M+ from investors including Y Combinator, YC Continuity, Sompo, Sony, Metaplanet, and BerkeleySkyDeck.

About the Team

Genomelink was founded in 2017 by founders with experience in consumer genomics businesses in Japan. The team works as a global professional remote team.

We’re looking for our founding Bioinformatics Engineer. Our CTO works as a full-stack engineer with a bioinformatics background, leading highly skilled engineers remotely joining from all over the world.

Our Values

• Shared vision
• Do great work in a lean team
• Be a “better writer.”
• Be hungry for personal and team growth
• Being managers of one
• Have fun doing great work with a great team

What will the role do?

• Help build new bioinformatics pipelines that meet Genomelink’s business needs.
• Identify and apply cutting-edge methods to improve our existing products
• Support teammates by continuing to learn and grow
• Work closely with Genomelink’s engineering team and partners to deliver products to our stakeholders promptly.

Basic requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in related fields (biostatistics, bioinformatics, genetics, epidemiology, computer science, etc)
• Familiar with scripting languages such as R, Python
• Proven experience in building bioinformatics toolkits and capability to convert research methods into usable code.
• Understand the popular statistical methods in genetics and have a passion for learning novel methods.
• Good communication as well as presentation skills
• Self-driven and can work on research projects independently

Preferred:

• Experience with remote-first team
• Experience with population genomics
• Experience with ETL, cloud computing, Docker, and computational optimizations
• Some industry experience

Benefits

• Competitive Equity and Compensation
• Health Insurance, Vision, and Dental
• Remote-First
• Open PTO – take the time you need
• 401k

Hiring process

• Resume Review
• Invite to a casual chat with CEO
• Interview with a co-founder
• Interview with CTO (small working project, if required)
• Interview with the team (if required)