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BACKGROUND

Living DNA is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our company in a hands on manner. The key task is developing, managing, and programming scalable bioinformatics pipelines to infer human ancestry and health-related information from SNP data.

The position would suit both a new graduate, someone within industry as well as someone who has recently finished a PhD or Post Doc position.

RESPONSIBILITIES

You will work closely with leading academic partners and our internal bioinformatics team to evolve algorithms that have been developed to calculate genetic ancestry, relationships and traits. Part of these methods and processes are unique and highly specialised offering a unique picture on individuals' genetic history. Both for ancestry and health trait determination, the position will also involve identification, selection and implementation of public and proprietary methods, as well as mining of genetic data.

This is a commercial position where you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the various pipelines, database and data management, as well as programming and development of new features.

REQUIREMENTS

Candidate: An individual with a relevant PHD or those with MA and relevant industry experience.

A candidate with skills in interfacing and project management who has 2+ years working experience would be great a great fit.

Experience needed:

Scripting in Python/Bash
Programming with C/C++
Statistical analysis ideally in R
Extensive knowledge of the Linux command line
Working knowledge and interest in Statistical Genetics

PREFERENCES

Management and Statistical Analysis of Big Data
Web development such as PHP, HTML
Working and knowledge of R Studio
Prior working with human population genetics and ancestry inference

LOCALE

Living DNA Ltd, Is located in the historic market town of Frome, Somerset, Located outside of Bath in the UK. You will not only be working in a dynamic and exciting team but have a peaceful environment with a high quality of life. You will be working onsite at the companies head office just outside the town centre.

COMPENSATION

A Salary of between £31K – £39K depending on experience plus benefits, pension.

ABOUT US

Living DNA (http://www.livingdna.com) is a company focused on using the power of genomics to help people understand more about themselves in unparalleled detail. Our first initiate uses DNA to show the world how connected we are all and start to dissolve the rise in Racism that is occurring. The company works both commercially and with charity partners.

HOW TO APPLY

By email to David Nicholson – david[at]livingdna.com and Dr Martin Blythe – martin[at]livingdna.com

DEADLINE

24th March 2017

POLICY

Living DNA Ltd welcomes applications from all candidates irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status.

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