Research Associate, Bioinformatics

**Research Associate, Bioinformatics - Hummingbird Bioscience**

Full-time position - SG based location

**ABOUT HUMMINGBIRD BIOSCIENCE**

Hummingbird Bioscience is a biotherapeutics company working at the interface of artificial intelligence and human innovation to discover and develop transformative medicines for hard-to-treat diseases. Hummingbird Bioscience’s computational and systems biology technologies have generated a pipeline of innovative clinical-stage monoclonal antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates in oncology and autoimmunity. At Hummingbird Bioscience, the commitment to rigorous science, teamwork, and intellectual integrity underpins our passion to accelerate the journey of new drugs from concept to clinic.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

This is a full time role based in Singapore.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Develop AI-assisted biomolecule design methods and strategies for prioritization and selection
- Implement bioinformatics pipelines for analyzing NGS experiment results, including variant calling, differential expression analysis, and clonotype reconstruction
- Perform data analysis of multi-modal pre-clinical and clinical data to support biomarker identification, MOA and strategy development
- Support the development of ETL pipelines, databases, and dashboards for clinical trial data integration
- Assist in preparing reports, results, visualizations, and delivering presentations

**CORE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE**
- Bachelor/Master’s degree in bioinformatics, computer science, data science, computational biology, or any related field
- 1-3 years of relevant experience
- Proficient in Python
- Demonstrated experience with AI tools for biomolecule design, including RFdiffusion, AlphaFold, ESM, Chai-1, and ProteinMPNN
- Experience in processing common bioinformatics formats, including FASTA, PDB, and FASTQ
- Demonstrated ability to containerize tools and environments (docker/singularity/conda)
- Expertise in using Unix operating systems and HPC job schedulers (qsub/slurm)
- Strong communication skills, collaboration, teamwork and the ability to work independently

**DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES**
- Familiarity with developing workflow pipelines (CWL or Nextflow)
- Interest in biomedical research, drug and clinical development
- Familiarity with AWS cloud services and concepts
- Familiarity with R programming
- Knowledge of database frameworks (SQL)
- Interest in training and mentoring interns through hands-on training experiences to effectively support project tasks
- The ability to lead multiple simultaneous projects, and to adapt to changing priorities with tight deadlines

**OUR MISSION & VALUES**

Our fast-growing biotechnology company is committed to discovering and developing important new drugs for cancer and autoimmune diseases, and living by our values: Excellence, Determination, Teamwork, Intellectual Integrity and Audacity.

**JOIN US AT THE FRONTIER OF DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT**

We are looking for passionate and motivated individuals committed to solving important, complex problems. We are committed to the personal and professional development of our team and offer robust learning and development programs. Hummingbird Bioscience understands the need for flexibility for our team and offers a generous paid time off program with flexibility to support employees through different life stages. We invest in our team’s health by offering competitive benefits including health and dental insurance, and a comprehensive and holistic employee assistance program. We foster a more collaborative, productive, and sociable culture with on-site lunches and snacks. Finally, we believe in creating social impact beyond our business through corporate social responsibility initiatives.
- Hummingbird Bioscience is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all Singapore and US federal, state and local laws and/or guidelines that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, protected veteran status and other protected classifications._