Spence Lab - SpecialistThe Spence Lab is now recruiting for a Specialist at the Junior, Assistant, Associate, or Full rank. This position will entail developing and implementing software for analyzing large genetic datasets to understand how genetic variation affects disease risk, with the potential for developing an independent research project.Additional responsibilities will include:participating in lab meetings and journal clubsparticipating in code reviewassisting lab members with the implementation and running of computational pipelinesRequired qualifications:Junior Specialist - Baccalaureate degree (or equivalent degree) or at least four years of research experience.Assistant Specialist - Master's degree or a baccalaureate degree with 3 or more years of research experience.Associate Specialist - Master's degree (or equivalent degree) or five to ten years of experience in the relevant specialization.Full Specialist - terminal degree (or equivalent degree) or ten or more years of experience in the relevant specialization.Experience with Unix command line.Programming experience in python or R.Experience with data visualization (e.g., matplotlib, seaborn, ggplot).Preferred qualifications:Experience with pipelines (e.g., Snakemake).Familiarity with statistics (linear regression, hypothesis testing).Familiarity with genetics.Salary range for this position is $55,000-$194,800.