Bioinformatics positions in biotech

The Bioinformatics Scientist/Engineer job is one of biotech's hot new jobs. It requires expertise in any one of several basic science disciplines as well as knowledge of programming languages and databases. Scientist/Engineers develops gene discovery algorithms for integrating sequence-based/functional knowledge about genes to help scientists analyze and interpret gene-expression data. They also analyze DNA information and identify opportunities for innovative solutions to analyze and manage biological data. In addition, the often assist in developing software and custom scripts to automate data retrieval, manipulation, and analysis; application of statistics, and visualization tools. Typical salaries range from $75K to $100K.

The Bioiformatics Analyst/Programmer job provides more focused computational analysis support. The Analyst/Programmer designs and develops software, databases, and interfaces used to analyze and manipulate genomic databases. They collaborate with Production to develop high-throughput data processing and analysis capability and to design and implement data queries, novel algorithms and/or visualization techniques. Analyst/Programmers also maintain large-scale DNA databases, prepare data for other scientists, monitor new data from public databases, and clean loaded data to satisfy quality control criteria. Typical salaries range from $60K to $100K.

The Bioinformatics Molecular Modeler job is focused on using computational techniques to help identify biologically active molecular structures. The Molecular Modeler supports a company's discovery research by applying computational techniques to identify and optimize the number of hit/lead compounds. They also use their expertise in the molecular modeling of small molecules to contribute to rational drug design. Typical salaries range from $60K to $100K.