At the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), teams of scientists, engineers, and bioinformatics professionals are making some of the most exciting scientific discoveries in the world. We recently uncovered more than six million new genes by sampling life forms across the world's oceans, and are making steady progress in our quest to create synthetic organisms to serve as sources of renewable energy. These are just a few of the many research areas our teams are tackling as we seek to make a worldwide impact with our science. The Annotation Engineering Group, in which this position resides, is the central nexus of bioinformatics activities within the institute, and provides both services and tools for both our own internal research and for the scientific community as a whole. We are searching for experienced and well qualified candidates for the position of Bioinformatics Engineer. The successful candidate will have a BS or MS degree in biology, bioinformatics, computer science, or related technical field, and 3+ years of related professional experience. Looking to take the next step in your bioinformatics career? Apply today! Qualifications: - Significant, demonstrable skills in Perl/BioPerl required. - In-depth knowledge of relational databases, schemas, and SQL queries required. - Excellent communications, teamwork, and time management skills required. We have a strong preference for candidates who have previous experience on software project teams with successful projects. - Deep and broad understanding of biological concepts preferred; minimum requirement is a basic understanding of genomics and general biology. - Strong HTML skills strongly preferred. Flash skills desirable. - Working experiences with bioinformatics sequence analysis tools such as BLAST and phylogenetic analysis tools such as PHYLIP strongly preferred. - Experience with large biological datasets such as NCBI and/or UCSC genome databases strongly preferred. - Experience with statistics or algorithm development desirable. - Experience with JAVA or other object-oriented software technologies desirable. JCVI offers an excellent working environment and a competitive benefits package. For more info or to apply, visit our web site at www.jcvi.org. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V Location: Rockville, MD Compensation: Negotiable Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please, no phone calls about this job! Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. dc