ML/AI Bioinformatics Pipeline Programmer is open at University of California Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, CA.
Type: Full-Time
Posted: 06/27/2024
Category: Programmer/Analyst
Location: Santa Cruz
Job ID: 70498
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INITIAL REVIEW DATE (IRD):
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The IRD for this job is: 07-10-2024
JOB SUMMARY:
As the ML/AI Bioinformatics Pipeline Programmer 2, your primary responsibility is to develop, modify and deploy AI powered bioinformatic analysis and computation pipelines. You’ll collaborate with a range of scientists with both wet and dry lab backgrounds requiring an understanding of the data you’ll be using, its potential and limits. Working both independently and as part of a team, you’ll evaluate multiple approaches, communicate your findings to the broader research group and PIs to identify leading computational candidates. You’ll then implement and deploy these candidates to support an associated research program. Finally, you’ll evaluate their effectiveness in general and against specific sources of bioinformatics data.
APPOINTMENT INFORMATION:
Budgeted Salary: $35.58 – $38.31/hour. Salary commensurate with skills, qualifications and experience.
Under California law, the University of California, Santa Cruz is required to post a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. The salary shown above is the budgeted amount the University reasonably expects to pay and the salary extended should not exceed this posted amount.
Benefits Level Eligibility: Full benefits
Schedule Information:
- Full-time, Fixed
- Percentage of Time: 100%, 40 Hours per Week
- Days of the Week: Mon-Fri
- Shift Includes: Day
Employee Classification: Contract appointment
Job End Date: 1 year from hire date, with possibility of extension
Work Location: UC Santa Cruz Main Campus
Union Representation: Non-Represented
Job Code Classification: 009402 (BIOINFORMATICS PROGR 2)
Travel: Never or Rarely
JOB DUTIES:
25% – Data Aggregation & Analysis
- Aggregate large scale multi-modal bioinformatics datasets into cloud storage systems.
- Analyze data for quality and transform for use in bioinformatics and AI pipelines.
25% – Apply AI to Biology
- Research, select, implement and iterate AI algorithms to multi-modal bioinformatics data sets.
25% – Cloud Deployment
- Package pipelines into cloud ready formats and deploy into heterogeneous cloud environments for compute on large scale datasets.
25% – Document and Publish
- Document the resulting pipelines with particular emphasis to the computation as implemented to support publications by PIs.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
- Experience designing, developing, testing and validating ML/AI driven bioinformatics pipelines.
- Experience deploying large scale computational pipelines into distributed compute infrastructure.
- Experience applying and adapting ML/AI methods to bioinformatics data sources.
- Experience with scRNASeq datasets and adapting for use in ML/AI training and inference.
- Experience with cloud platform technologies including docker, s3 and kubernetes.
- Experience applying and adapting dimensionality reduction techniques to image, time series and categorical datasets.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt published ML or AI algorithms from non-biological domains to biological domains.
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary research group supporting both computational and non-computational researchers.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Academic track record of publishing ML or AI models applied to biological data (articles in press are acceptable).
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- Selected candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment criminal history background check.
- Ability to work long periods of time at a computer with or without accommodation.
- The selected candidate will be required to work a hybrid work schedule and must be able to work successfully from a home/remote office and fulfill the requirements of the UCSC telecommuting agreement.
- Selected candidate will be required to complete training within established time frames as directed including UC compliance training.
- The University of California has implemented a Vaccination Policy covering all employees. Employees, including new hires, are required to comply with any applicable policies relating to the University of California vaccine program.
SAFETY STATEMENT:
All UCSC employees must understand and follow job safety procedures, attend required health and safety training, proactively promote safety at work, and promptly report actual and potential accidents and injuries.
APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO USE THE UCSC ON-LINE PROCESS:
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