Senior Research Associate, Computational Biology

Location: On-site in Dallas, Texas, United States. Relocation assistance is available.

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology and scientific research company focused on de-extinction and helping restore the health of the Earth.

What you will do

• Perform bioinformatics, comparative, functional, and statistical analyses of biological data.
• Integrate genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic datasets to investigate genotype-to-phenotype relationships.
• Develop analysis and visualization tools in R and Python using published and custom bioinformatics tools.
• Process large-scale genomic data in HPC Linux and cloud environments.
• Maintain electronic laboratory records and prepare reports and presentations for wet-bench biologists and leadership.
• Design and maintain databases and connect them with visual platforms for data curation and sharing.

Requirements

• Bioinformatics or computational biology experience, including at least two years in functional genomics, multi-omics, comparative genomics, molecular evolution, or applied statistics in genomics.
• At least two years of experience with scripting languages, including Python, R, Perl, Ruby, Java, or Bash.
• Experience handling large-scale genomic data in HPC environments such as SGE, SLURM, or PBS, and/or cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Experience with Git, reproducible notebooks, documented workflows, and database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
• Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant experience or a master’s degree in a quantitative or basic science discipline.
• Ability to work on-site in Dallas, Texas; relocation assistance is available.

Nice to have

• Experience with RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, and integration of diverse functional epigenomics datasets.
• Experience with pangenome graphs, whole-genome alignments, gene homology, genomic resources, or vertebrate non-model organisms.
• Experience calling variants from high- or low-coverage whole-genome sequencing and degraded or ancient DNA.
• Understanding of CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, creative, scientific, and team-driven startup environment.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off, company holidays, flexible spending accounts, and a company-matched 401(k) plan.
• Paid parental leave at full salary for up to 12 weeks.
• Education reimbursement.