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Computational Biologist - Fully Remote

Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94199, USA
Listing for: Mercor
Remote/Work from Home position
Listed on 2026-10-14
Job specializations:
  • Research/Development
    Data Scientist, Research Scientist
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 120000 - 180000 USD Yearly USD 120000.00 180000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
What you'll do:
  • Complete realistic, multi-step scientific data-analysis tasks in bioinformatics

  • Write original bioinformatics questions where each answer is exact and objective

  • Choose and anonymize data (e.g. from public archives such as GEO, SRA/ENA, Array Express, PRIDE, PDB, MGnify or from your own unpublished lab data) for the model to analyze

  • Use scientific software, code, and command-line tools to generate reproducible analyses and structured final outputs

  • Develop a Jupyter validation notebook, analyzing the data in Python or R, which reproduces the correct answer to your question

  • Interpret results in the context of the underlying biological or translational question, clearly communicating assumptions, uncertainty, and conclusions

Who we’re looking for
:
  • Masters or PhD (or equivalent research experience) in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, statistical genetics, quantitative biology or a closely related field

  • Hands-on experience analyzing sequencing and omics data (bulk or single-cell RNA-seq, WGS/WES, variant calling, metagenomics, proteomics or similar), from raw reads to interpretation

  • Experience with one or more of the following tools: samtools, bcftools, bedtools, BWA, Bowtie2, BLAST, plus Python (pandas, Biopython, pysam) or R/Bioconductor (DESeq2, edgeR, limma, Genomic Ranges)

  • Able to write and run Jupyter notebooks that reproduce your work exactly

  • Clear, precise scientific writing

  • Access to unpublished or private datasets you have the right to share is a strong plus

  • Deep knowledge of at least one niche area, such as a non-model organism, an unusual assay, or a specialized area of genomic interpretation is a strong plus

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