Program Analyst/Biotech

Located in the beautiful Hudson Valley region of New York, Regeneron is a biopharmaceutical Company that discovers, develops, and commercializes therapeutic medicines for the treatment of serious medical conditions. Regeneron currently markets ARCALYST™ (rilonacept) Injection for subcutaneous use for the treatment of a rare, inherited, inflammatory condition. The company has therapeutic candidates in clinical trials for the potential treatment of cancer, eye diseases and inflammatory diseases, and has preclinical programs in other diseases and disorders.

 

With a strong research base and product focus, Regeneron is able to understand thoroughly the biology of specific disease states, discover potential therapeutic candidates and evaluate product candidates in clinical trials. Regeneron has developed several proprietary platform technologies, which it has incorporated into a comprehensive system that allows it to accelerate the discovery and design of fully human antibodies and move these candidates rapidly into clinical development.

 

Job Responsibilities:

- We are looking for a motivated individual interested in combining computer science and molecular biology to design and implement software systems to support our VelociGene® high throughput knockout program. 

- A working knowledge of molecular biology, especially DNA sequence analysis, is highly desirable. 

- The candidate will work closely with scientists and other software developers to analyze business requirements design and develop solutions. 

- Projects range from small, scripting jobs to medium/large application development and support, often combining custom development with existing applications.

 

Required Skills:

- Experience with bioinformatics API’s such as BioPerl, BioRuby or BioPython

- Experience with bioinformatics tools and resources such as BLAST, CLUSTAL, NCBI, or Ensemble

- Experience with mouse genetic engineering

- Ruby on Rails, AJAX, Flex

- Linux/Unix, MacOS X

- User Interface/Graphical design skills

- Agile methods

 

Requirements:

- Strong background in a dynamic programming language such as Perl, Ruby, or Python

- Full software development lifecycle experience: requirements gathering, design, coding, testing and deployment.

- Proficiency with relational database design and SQL, preferably MySql or Oracle.

- Understanding of Object Oriented analysis and design concepts.

- HTML, CSS, and Javascript

- Understand of basic genetic and molecular biology concepts is highly desirable

 

Please send your applications to:

paul.perri@regeneron.com