<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">DNA sequencing algorithms developer</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>Headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland, deCODE is a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome. Using our unique expertise and population resources, deCODE has discovered key genetic risk factors for dozens of common diseases ranging from cardiovascular disease to cancer.  The algorithms group is responsible for developing methods for the analysis of the large-scale sequencing data from several platforms generated at deCODE.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Responsibilities:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Develop algorithms and software for detecting structural variations and genomic abnormalities from DNA sequencing data.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Contribute to the analysis and interpretation of sequencing data in a multidisciplinary team.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Initiate and contribute to team efforts leading to scientific publications.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Requirements:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ph.D. in Computer Science, Bioinformatics or Mathematics.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Knowledge of algorithms for sequence analysis.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Proficiency in C++ and Python</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Publication track record.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cal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