In the past 20 years, GeneCards (www.genecards.org) has been the go-to resource for comprehensive, integrated information about human genes. Today, it is cited in the literature in more than 10,000 publications and holds top positions in Google for most genes.

More than 5 million researchers, clinicians, and patients worldwide use GeneCards every year, from thousands of institutions – academia, biotech/pharma, hospitals, and government.

We are currently hiring for the following positions:

• Senior Bioinformatician & Product Manager – Two open positions
• Software QA with Biology Background

Senior Bioinformatician & Product Manager

Our recent development include the integration of AI into bioinformatic data integration and interpetation, with the purpose of leveraging GeneCards in drug development, clinical interpretation and more. 

Additionally, we have been enhancing the functional annotation of non-coding parts of the human genome (see www.genecards.org/guide/publications) in GeneCards. GeneHancer (promoters and enhancers) and GeneCaRNA (non-coding RNAs) are leading databases in the field, tackling the great challenge of identifying and annotating non-coding regulatory elements. 

We are seeking two bioinformaticians/biologists with a doctorate or higher degree to lead our scientific efforts to enhance, expand and lead GeneCards Suite in the next decade of scientific excellence.

Key responsibilities:

• Identify new opportunities, new trends, and new data sources that can contribute to the GeneCards Suite and its large user base, and spearhead their implementation in the knowledgebase
• Collaborate with R&D team to develop concepts and solutions for current and future challenges in the biological research and drug discovery fields
• Develop and prototype algorithms for integration into the databases and our analysis tools
• Collaborate with academic and commercial users
• Support the assurance of data and platform quality

Skill-set:

• Self-motivated, challenge-seeking team player
• Strong familiarity with genomic databases including NCBI, Uniprot, Ensembl
• Excellent oral and written English skills
• Experience with bioinformatics, scripting and statistical analysis tools (e.g. SQL, Matlab, Python, R)

Software QA Engineer with Biology Background

The GeneCards knowledgebase (www.GeneCards.org) is a popular integrated biomedical database that is used by more than 5 million biomedical researchers from Pharma, academia, and hospitals from all over the world.

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Quality Assurance engineer with at least a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology, cellular biology, bioinformatics or similar background that will join our team.

Requirements:

• Must have at least 2 years of experience in software quality assurance
• Must have a bachelors or higher degree in biology or bioinformatics-related field
• Must have strong English language communication skills – both written and oral
• Advantage – Experience with JIRA or other bug tracking tools
• Advantage – Good understanding of Agile methodology
• Advantage – Experience with test automation tools