Employment Type : Full-Time
Paragon Genomics is a fast-growing life sciences company developing advanced reagents and assay kits for next-generation sequencing (NGS). To support our rapid growth, we are seeking a full-time Director of Bioinformatics to join our growing team. This director is both a scientific/technology mentor and a hands-on leader. In this position, you will be a key member of the executive team and responsible for all aspects of software development for Paragon Genomics’ Bioinformatics products, including staffing and managing the software development team, driving team culture, best practices, collaboration with the content, marketing, and support teams, and directing the strategy and product path of our NGS business. You should have experience managing agile teams in a continuous integration environment, building multiple software products on a shared, modular platform, and delivering sophisticated products with high quality and predictable schedules. The ideal candidate will be passionate about the potential of next-generation sequencing custom panel design, data analysis, computation and visualization of complex scientific data, knowledge extraction/management, building simple but elegant software solutions, and delivering customer-centric products. Leadership, communication, prioritization, and a focus on excellence are essential characteristics for this role. Key Responsibilities Qualifications Additional Information: Paragon Genomics Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Please review our Job Applicant Privacy Policy for information about how your personal data is processed and stored. About Paragon Genomics: The Company was selected by a distinguished panel into the California Life Science Association F.A.S.T. Program in March 2016 and was accepted into the prestigious Stanford StartX Medicine Accelerator Program in September 2016. Paragon Genomics offers a competitive and comprehensive employee benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, flexible spending account, 401K, paid time off, and stock options. 0H3haYMxD9
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Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Paragon Genomics is a fast-growing precision medicine company. Our patented targeted sequencing technologies CleanPlex DNA, CleanPlex RNA, and CleanPlex UMI provide comprehensive solutions to precision diagnostics in oncology, infectious disease, inherited disease, reproductive health, neurology, cardiology, and many other applications. Our technologies and products have been adopted by hundreds of prominent Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) labs globally. With our platforms, we can efficiently and rapidly produce unique and customized next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays to meet the needs of researchers, testing labs, and biopharma precision medicine projects.