Data Scientist II (BTI, Bioinformatics)

Description\:

The Rokita Lab at Children’s National Hospital is seeking a highly skilled Bioinformatics Scientist to join our team. We are situated within the Center for Cancer and Immunology Research (CCIR) and Brain Tumor Institute. This position will play a critical role in advancing research focused on uncovering oncogenic mechanisms in pediatric brain tumors and identifying novel therapeutic targets driven by RNA splicing. The Bioinformatics Scientist will engage in basic and translational research projects and contribute to tool development, such as interactive applications for visualizing complex genomic data.

The role involves close collaboration with researchers and clinicians within both Children’s National as well as external partners. The successful candidate will be mentored, lead bioinformatics-driven projects, participate in collaborative activities in the lab and BTI such as code review and/or workshop training, and contribute to grant applications and scientific manuscripts.

Key Responsibilities\:

● Lead high-quality bioinformatics analyses on pediatric oncology datasets, including genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic data.

● Design and implement downstream analytical workflows for high-throughput data using our GitHub, Docker, and AWS infrastructure, focusing on reproducibility, code efficiency, and scalability.

● Collaborate on the Open Pediatric Cancer (OpenPedCan) Project.

● Utilize cloud-computing environments (e.g., AWS EC2) and/or high-performance computing (HPC) to support large-scale or memory-intensive analyses.

● Actively and positively participate in sprints and code reviews, ensuring high standards for reproducibility and documentation.

● Engage with multidisciplinary teams, providing bioinformatics expertise to support collaborative research initiatives.

Application Process\:

This position will be remote. Candidates should be prepared to share their GitHub handle and present a recent project as part of the interview process.