Bioinformatician

Location:

Medical Center Office Building (901 7th Ave)

Department: Pediatric Precision Health Program

Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Standard Weekly Hours: 40

Summary:

The Bioinformatician will support the Cook Children’s precision health and precision medicine research ecosystem by developing and maintaining analytical pipelines for genomic data, performing variant annotation and interpretation, building tools for clinical decision support, and advancing data integration across genomics, clinical phenotypes, and functional datasets. This role supports precision clinics, genome-informed care, research, and AI-enabled clinical workflows. This position will collaborate closely with Cook Children’s variant scientists, genetic counselors, clinicians, data scientists, and computational teams.

Experience

• 2 years experience in genomic data processing, variant annotation, or large-scale data analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency in R and/or Python, SQL, Linux/Unix environments, and common bioinformatics workflows

Education

• Master’s degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics, Data Science, Computer Science, or related field

About Us:

Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children’s offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.

Cook Children’s is a Texas-only employer. If you are hired, you will need to maintain your primary residence within the state of Texas, along with all licenses and credentials required for your position throughout your employment.