Are you an innovative, passionate and proactive influencer in regulatory authorities? Do you excel in organization and communication while driving continuous process improvement?

If this sounds like you and you are driven by purpose, join the SOPHiA GENETICS Bioinformatic Services team, and enable us to make a positive impact on the outcomes for cancer and rare disease patients worldwide.

This is a hybrid opportunity, requiring 3 days onsite our corporate office in Rolle, CH.

 

Our Mission

We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in healthcare and our cloud-native AI powered SOPHiA DDM Platform makes that vision a reality on a daily basis. You will have direct input to our mission to democratize data-driven medicine for the ultimate benefit of cancer and rare disease patients across the globe.

Your Mission

As our Bioinformatician, you will analyze our clients’ data on a daily basis, helping them to move new genetic tests to routine. Furthermore, you will be involved in the development of new custom gene panels and pipelines.

The value you add

• Analyze client data
• Quality control of the data and comparison of the results with reference data
• Generate high quality presentations and reports for the clients
• Design new custom gene panels
• Help with the release cycle: prepare and test new products (pipelines, new gene panels, etc.) for release, set up and run non-regression tests, test new developments and tools
• Provide bioIT related support to clients and internal teams

Requirements

The experience you bring

• We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and flexible person with the capacity to work independently on projects to completion. You should demonstrate excellence in the following areas:
• Master's Degree, but a PhD is preferred
• Experience in NGS data analysis
• Experience in high volume data visualization
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong data analysis experience using R/Bioconductor
• Strong Linux bash scripting experience
• Experience in Python would be an advantage
• Experience in targeted or amplicon sequencing would be an advantage

As an international organization, English is our primary business language and you will need to bring full fluency in English. As part of your recruitment journey, you should expect to meet English-only speakers, so for best chances of success, you should include your CV in English. Non-English CVs have a high likelihood of being rejected at application stage.

Benefits

You will be joining an organisation with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we pursue exponential growth.

• Business recognition and accolades include: 
• World's most innovative companies (Top 10)
• World's smartest companies (Top 50) 
• 100 Best Places to Work in Boston 
• Top 10 European Tech Startup
• Top 10 European biotechs startup to watch
• Top 25 East-Coast Biotech to watch

Our benefits package is comprehensive, but varies internationally in-line with local standards and laws. You can discuss a full breakdown with us, but as a brief overview:

• Sickness and Accident coverage through Helsana
• Meal Vouchers at 90CHF PM with our partner cafeteria
• A fun and engaging work environment, with Rest & Entertainment space, full stocked free coffee machine and free fruit
• Free parking in an easy to access location
• A strong social committee whose purpose is to make SOPHiA GENETICs both enjoyable as well as rewarding
• As our global HQ, you’ll have direct interaction and exposure to senior leadership and our executive team locally

 

Our DNA

Like the strands of DNA itself, SOPHiA GENETICS and the team are deeply interconnected and reliant on each other to deliver. There are common threads across the team. Things that bind us together. Those things are Relentless Curious; Resilient & Nimble and Fearlessly Adventurous 

 

Our Virtues

At SOPHiA GENETICS we established our 7 Virtues to clarify how our principles show up each day through action.  We Decide; We Do; We Collaborate; We Innovate; We Empower; We Adapt and We Learn.

At the centre of our Virtues is our Mantra, We Care, which provides a constant reminder of the compassionate, benevolent, and hopeful nature of our mission and how it should be threaded through each of our Virtues and everything we do. Learn more about our DNA and Virtues on our Careers portal

 

The process 

We use the power of AI to help our partners make decisions. If you’re utilising AI in your search and application process, why not use some of these prompts:

 

‘What impact can I expect to have on the world by working at SOPHiA GENETICS?’

‘I have an interview with SOPHiA GENETICS. What should I know before I meet with them?’

‘I am a *job title* - What can SOPHiA GENETICS offer my career?’

 

Apply now with your CV and any supporting information. 

 

Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business. If you need additional support for accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance.

 

We appreciate the value external partners can bring, but we operate a direct-hiring model and we are not looking to utilize agency support at this time. All hiring is controlled by Talent Acquisition, potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.

 

Starting Date: ASAP 

Location: Rolle, CH (Hybrid)

Contract: Permanent, Full-time