Botanical Solutions Inc has developed a proprietary technology that allows a scalable and sustainable supply of key botanical products, with none of the issues related to current production of traditional botanical raw materials and active ingredients.

Botanical Solutions Inc. has an immediate opening for a Bioinformaticist/Molecular biologist in the Raw Materials R&D Department in Davis California. Candidates with a M.Sc. or a Ph.D. degree in Molecular biology or Bioinformatics from a reputable university are encouraged to apply for the position. Molecular Biologists with a strong background and experience in Bioinformatics are welcome to apply. Our existing R&D team is currently engaged in an exciting metabolomics/breeding research using state of the art technologies.

Skills

• Experience in the management and analyses of datasets of various application types using bioinformatic tools and pipelines, including command line and graphical user interfaces.
• A strong understanding of bioinformatic concepts (e.g. alignments, variant calling methods) needed in the formulation of workflows/pipelines for the analysis of the next generation sequencing data handling.
• Competence in R, Perl, Python or other scripting language appropriate for bioinformatic analyses.
• Experience with high-performance computing or cloud-scale data processing. 
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal and excellent facilitation and presentation skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively in a highly matrixed organization
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and communicate information with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter expressing their main scientific interest and attach a full CV that includes the names and email address of previous educators/employes to:
Dr. Eli Khayat, Head of Raw Materials R&D
Botanical Solutions Inc
email: eli.khayat@botanicalsolutions.cl

The opening is for immediate employment but candidates with previous commitments are welcome to apply.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package.