Job Description

To enable Guardant Health to fight cancer through data, the minimal residual disease (MRD) detection bioinformatics team is seeking a highly motivated Summer Intern – Bioinformatics to join our team to improve free text clinical data parsing and examine the correlations between clinical metadata and detected genomic/epigenomic signals. At Guardant, we leverage the most advanced technologies and work with leaders in many different fields to create the most impactful and meaningful technologies for cancer management.

At Guardant Health, you will be at the forefront of combining molecular biology with machine learning and software to improve patient care. You will interact with a diverse team of bioinformaticians, biologists, and software engineers to develop software and analyze data in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop methods to automate parsing of free-text clinical data
• Learn how Guardant detects genomic and epigenomic signal from a blood test
• Analyze correlation between clinical metadata and various sample features
• Participate in technical discussions

Qualifications

• Experience writing Python
• Familiar with relational databases and SQL
• Some understanding of cancer genomics and molecular biology
• Experience with natural language processing is a plus

EDUCATION: 

Students close to or recently completing BS, MS in Bioinformatics, CS, or a related field with some programming experience.

Additional Information

Covid Vaccination Policy: Starting January 7, 2022, Guardant Health will require all employees to be fully vaccinated to either (a) establish that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19; or (b) request and obtain an approved exemption from Guardant’s COVID-19 U.S. Vaccination Policy as a reasonable accommodation, as consistent with applicable laws.  An employee is considered fully vaccinated against COVID-19 two weeks after receiving the second dose of a two-dose vaccine or one dose of a single-dose vaccination. Acceptable vaccines are approved or under emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and/or the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, fully-vaccinated employees will be required to maintain their fully-vaccinated status under this policy by obtaining, if applicable, any FDA-approved boosters.

Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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