Novaflow (YC S25) · 2 weeks ago
Bioinformatics Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expNovaflow is bridging the gap between researchers and technology, creating tools to make analysis more accessible for everyday biologists. The Bioinformatics Engineer will build and maintain bioinformatics pipelines, collaborate with scientists, and improve data infrastructure to drive the company's mission forward.
BioinformaticsBiotechnologyHealth CareLife ScienceSoftware
Hiring Manager
Aman Agarwal
Responsibilities
Build and maintain bioinformatics pipelines for sequence analysis, variant calling, or other genomic workflows
Work with large-scale biological datasets—think sequencing data, omics, clinical annotations
Collaborate with scientists to translate biological questions into computational approaches
Improve the reliability and performance of our data infrastructure
Contribute to tooling, automation, and best practices as we scale
Qualification
Required
2+ years of experience in a bioinformatics role
Strong programming skills (Python, R, or similar) and comfort with the command line
Experience with common bioinformatics tools and formats (samtools, bcftools, VCF, BAM, FASTA, etc.)
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and workflow managers (Nextflow, Snakemake, WDL)
Ability to work independently, make pragmatic tradeoffs, and ship quickly and frequently
Preferred
Experience at an early-stage company
Contributions to open-source bioinformatics tools
Having biology knowledge and experience
Company
Novaflow (YC S25)
Creating tools to automate data analysis for life science researchers.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
Y Combinator
2025-07-15Pre Seed· $0.5M
Company data provided by crunchbase