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Invitae (NYSE: NVTA) is a leading medical genetics company trusted by millions of patients and their providers to deliver timely genetic information using digital technology. We aim to provide accurate and actionable answers to strengthen medical decision-making for individuals and their families. Invitae's genetics experts apply a rigorous approach to data and research, serving as the foundation of their mission to bring comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people.
Invitae needs data scientists with diverse backgrounds to help us achieve our mission. We are a cross-functional team of scientific domain experts and dedicated, curious engineers. We build systems that take massive amounts of genomic data, combine it with the world's scientific literature, add to it years of rigorously curated results, and package it all neatly for our scientists to consume. It's a lot of information. As the data gets bigger, our systems need to get better and faster. That's where you come in.
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced data scientist to join the Dry Lab Operations group. In this role you will be responsible for analyzing lab process metrics, preparing reports for clinical validation, and modeling process changes. You will independently and proactively identify process issues and recommend solutions given critical timelines. This work is interdisciplinary and involves collaboration with production lab scientists, R&D scientists, the clinical quality assurance team, laboratory directors, and the bioinformatics pipeline engineering team. You will have ample opportunity to significantly contribute to the development of our evolving technologies. Expect to impact business decisions through data-driven presentations and recommendations.
What you’ll do:

• Identify relevant data to mine for business needs
• Identify and execute exploratory analysis to solve various problems
• Enable smarter business processes and implement analytics for meaningful insights
• Perform data and error analysis to improve lab stability and methods
• Clean and validate data for uniformity and accuracy

What you bring:

• 2+ years demonstrated professional experience in statistics and modeling
• Knowledge of NGS lab process and high throughput sequencing technologies
• Excellent knowledge of Python and its applications to data science
• Knowledge of querying databases: SQL, datalog, etc. Database management experience is a plus.
• Strong experience using statistical computer language (R, Python, SQL, etc) to manipulate NGS data and draw insights
• Preferred: Experience with LIMS and working in a Lab environment
• Strong problem solving skills with emphasis on lab processes and assay development
• Eagerness in taking ownership of day-to-day production operations
• A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques
• Excellent data science communication skills
• 2+ years demonstrated professional experience in data visualization (matplotlib, Tableau)

At Invitae, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s experts in genetics and healthcare at the forefront of genetic medicine. Our teams thrive in our dynamic organization, which has been designed to empower them to make the biggest impact they can for our patients. We give our employees the ability to explore interests and capabilities broadly within the organization. We prize freedom with accountability and offer significant flexibility. We also provide excellent benefits and competitive compensation in a fast-growing organization.
This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and location. This position is eligible for benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, flexible paid time off, Spring Health, Carrot Fertility, participation in a 401k with company match, ESPP, and many other additional voluntary benefits. Invitae also offers generous paid leave programs so you can spend time with your new child, recover from your own illness or care for a sick family member.
USA National Pay Range
$73,300—$91,600 USD
Please apply even if you don’t meet all of the “What you bring” requirements noted. It’s rare that someone checks every single item, it’s ok, we encourage you to apply anyways.
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