Career Opportunities

The Department is always growing and expanding. Below are some of the open positions in the department with descriptions and methods of applying.

For staff positions, please explore careers.mskcc.org.

 

Bioinformatics Software Engineer III

We are searching for a talented and self-driven Data Scientist to design, build, and maintain scalable software systems and analysis pipelines that support the analysis of cancer genomics, medical imaging, and EHR datasets. In this role, you will work closely with Biostatistics faculty and staff members to support the clinical and translational research that impact patient care.

You Are:

  • Passionate about building reliable, scalable, and well-engineered software systems for data-intensive clinical and scientific applications
  • Highly collaborative, with strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams
  • Analytical, with strong problem-solving skills and a keen attention to code quality, testing, and maintainability
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, research-driven environment and motivated by solving complex technical challenges
  • Committed to reproducibility, robustness, and best practices in software engineering
  • Resilient in the face of technical setbacks and skilled at finding creative, practical solutions to hard problems

You Will:

  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable software systems and data pipelines for real-world cancer genomics, medical imaging, and EHR data
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to translate analytical and research requirements into reliable, production-quality software
  • Develop tools and services for data ingestion, validation, transformation, storage, and access, ensuring performance and data integrity
  • Implement and enforce best practices in software engineering, including version control, testing, documentation.
  • Optimize systems for performance, scalability, and reliability across large and heterogeneous datasets
  • Communicate technical designs, trade-offs, and implementation details clearly to both technical and scientific stakeholders
  • Contribute to open-source or internal software libraries, platform documentation, and long-term architectural planning

You Have:

  • PhD in a computational science or Masters degree with 2+ years experience. 
  • Skilled in one or more programming languages commonly used in data-intensive systems, such as Python or R
  • Experience  with statistical and machine learning methods used in genomics, imaging analysis 
  • Familiarity with data storage and management systems such as SQL and NoSQL databases, object storage, data lakes, and data warehouses 
  • Familiarity with genomics and imaging data formats and standards, such as BAM, VCF, DICOM, OME-TIFF) 
  • Proficiency in statistical thinking will be a significant asset

To apply, send a cover letter, CV, and the names of 3 references to Dr. Ronglai Shen ([email protected]).

Postdoctoral Fellow in computational single-cell genomics

The newly formed Soldatov lab is seeking to recruit Postdoctoral Fellows to join us at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York. The lab is part of a dynamic and highly collaborative Computational Oncology Program, a significant new initiative in the field of Computational Oncology.   Motivated by new advances in machine learning and high-resolution sequencing and imaging technologies, the group is focused on important questions arising in understanding normal tissue function and disease dynamics of cancers. Successful candidates will drive key research questions that cross cut the themes of somatic evolution, regulation of cell fate decisions, and organization of the microenvironment. The projects will involve analysis of multi-omics, pooled perturbations and spatially-resolved datasets. The candidates will have an opportunity to focus on developing computational methods, work on ambitious collaborative projects and develop new projects. Lab website: https://componcmsk.org/quantitative-cell-dynamics-soldatov.

Positions are available for candidates who have or will soon have a PhD and a demonstrated track research record in the fields of functional genomics, transcriptomics, computational biology, bioinformatics or related discipline (computer science, physics, data science, statistics). Applications will be considered on scientific merit, including exceptional candidates for The Henry and Alexia Fernandez Computational Oncology Fellowship. MSK provides strong support for the development of postdocs, competitive salaries and benefits.

There are no positions open at this time. Please check back again at a later date.

Keep an eye on the page in the future for open positions.

MSKCC is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.