Geneticist Jobs
Geneticist jobs are open across pharmaceuticals, agriculture, academic research, clinical diagnostics, and biotechnology, from entry-level research associate to senior scientist and principal investigator, with specializations in molecular genetics, genomics, and population genetics. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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Clinical Geneticist
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center , located in Bangor, Maine , seeks a BC/BE Clinical Geneticist in the Department of Pediatrics to join our active and growing hospital-employed practice.
About the Position : As Central and Northern Maine’s only comprehensive genetics program, we are seeking a board-certified Clinical Geneticist to join our multidisciplinary care team. This role offers the opportunity to provide vital, comprehensive genetic evaluations across the lifespan for a wide range of conditions. Our practice supports a Level III NICU, PICU, Maternal-Fetal Health, and inpatient/outpatient general and subspecialty pediatric care, as well as some adult sub-specialty care.
Location: Pediatric Specialty Clinic (with occasional inpatient consults at the main hospital)
Key Responsibilities:
- Patient Evaluation: Provide comprehensive evaluations for patients of all ages regarding various outpatient indications including prenatal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, developmental, neurologic, and cardiac conditions.
- Team Collaboration: Work closely alongside two board-certified genetic counselors as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.
- Counseling Support: Assist with essential pre- and post-test counseling for patients and families alongside two board certified genetic counselors.
- Testing & Interpretation: Interpret complex genetic and genomic testing results, including those specific to prenatal and biochemical evaluations.
- Inpatient Consults: Provide occasional on-site inpatient consultations at the main hospital facility located nearby
Compensation Information:
· $217,200-$225,000 annual base salary with the ability to earn additional compensation based on productivity.
· The compensation range listed reflects the range Northern Light Health anticipates relying on in setting the wages for the position. The range may not necessarily include all additional compensation elements available, including but not limited to call pay, leadership stipends, etc.
Physicians at Northern Light Health Enjoy:
· A robust benefits package including Paid Time Off and CME allowance
· Student Loan Reimbursement programs
· Relocation and sign-on bonuses
· Flexible schedules including the potential for a four day week and exceptional work/life balance
· Ongoing teaching opportunities with medical students from the University of New England, and research opportunities, if desired
· A close-knit community of pediatric and sub-specialty partners with a shared passion for rural health and collaborative, family-centered care.
Qualifications
· Board Certification or Board Eligibility in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics and Genomics
· Excellent communication skills
· Strong interest in teaching and outreach across a broad geographic area
· Enthusiasm for working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team with general and specialty pediatrics, maternal-fetal medicine, adult cardiology and cancer care
Why Northern Light Health
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is a 411-bed regional tertiary care center and an ACS-verified level II trauma center with academic affiliations and serving a population of 500,000 living in the northern 2/3 of the state’s geography. We offer dedicated neonatal and pediatric transport and are a base hospital for LifeFlight of Maine, a critical care air transport service flying nearly 900 missions per year.
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center serves as the Regional Pediatric Specialty Center and has forged strong relationship with regional hospitals and providers as part of its tertiary pediatric care mission. Pediatric sub-specialty support includes gastroenterology, neurology, cardiology, infectious disease, endocrinology, hematology-oncology, developmental pediatrics, genetics, surgery, orthopedics, neonatology, critical care, and hospital medicine.
About Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a vibrant small city within a close commute to miles of beautiful coastline. You’ll enjoy easy access to lakes, mountains and many state parks including Acadia National Park. Public schools rank among New England’s best with the flagship campus of the University of Maine located in the neighboring town of Orono, home to the Black Bears ice hockey team. Bangor serves as the regional hub for medicine, commerce and the arts. Enjoy our talented Bangor Symphony Orchestra, one of the oldest continuous operating orchestras in the US and our entertaining Penobscot theater group. Bangor International Airport offers direct and one-stop service to most major destinations.
For confidential consideration, contact:
Amanda Lewis, CPRP, Physician Recruiter
ProviderCareers@northernlight.org
207.973.5358
Clinical Geneticist
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center , located in Bangor, Maine , seeks a BC/BE Clinical Geneticist in the Department of Pediatrics to join our active and growing hospital-employed practice.
About the Position : As Central and Northern Maine’s only comprehensive genetics program, we are seeking a board-certified Clinical Geneticist to join our multidisciplinary care team. This role offers the opportunity to provide vital, comprehensive genetic evaluations across the lifespan for a wide range of conditions. Our practice supports a Level III NICU, PICU, Maternal-Fetal Health, and inpatient/outpatient general and subspecialty pediatric care, as well as some adult sub-specialty care.
Location: Pediatric Specialty Clinic (with occasional inpatient consults at the main hospital)
Key Responsibilities:
- Patient Evaluation: Provide comprehensive evaluations for patients of all ages regarding various outpatient indications including prenatal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, developmental, neurologic, and cardiac conditions.
- Team Collaboration: Work closely alongside two board-certified genetic counselors as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.
- Counseling Support: Assist with essential pre- and post-test counseling for patients and families alongside two board certified genetic counselors.
- Testing & Interpretation: Interpret complex genetic and genomic testing results, including those specific to prenatal and biochemical evaluations.
- Inpatient Consults: Provide occasional on-site inpatient consultations at the main hospital facility located nearby
Compensation Information:
· $217,200-$225,000 annual base salary with the ability to earn additional compensation based on productivity.
· The compensation range listed reflects the range Northern Light Health anticipates relying on in setting the wages for the position. The range may not necessarily include all additional compensation elements available, including but not limited to call pay, leadership stipends, etc.
Physicians at Northern Light Health Enjoy:
· A robust benefits package including Paid Time Off and CME allowance
· Student Loan Reimbursement programs
· Relocation and sign-on bonuses
· Flexible schedules including the potential for a four day week and exceptional work/life balance
· Ongoing teaching opportunities with medical students from the University of New England, and research opportunities, if desired
· A close-knit community of pediatric and sub-specialty partners with a shared passion for rural health and collaborative, family-centered care.
Qualifications
· Board Certification or Board Eligibility in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics and Genomics
· Excellent communication skills
· Strong interest in teaching and outreach across a broad geographic area
· Enthusiasm for working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team with general and specialty pediatrics, maternal-fetal medicine, adult cardiology and cancer care
Why Northern Light Health
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is a 411-bed regional tertiary care center and an ACS-verified level II trauma center with academic affiliations and serving a population of 500,000 living in the northern 2/3 of the state’s geography. We offer dedicated neonatal and pediatric transport and are a base hospital for LifeFlight of Maine, a critical care air transport service flying nearly 900 missions per year.
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center serves as the Regional Pediatric Specialty Center and has forged strong relationship with regional hospitals and providers as part of its tertiary pediatric care mission. Pediatric sub-specialty support includes gastroenterology, neurology, cardiology, infectious disease, endocrinology, hematology-oncology, developmental pediatrics, genetics, surgery, orthopedics, neonatology, critical care, and hospital medicine.
About Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a vibrant small city within a close commute to miles of beautiful coastline. You’ll enjoy easy access to lakes, mountains and many state parks including Acadia National Park. Public schools rank among New England’s best with the flagship campus of the University of Maine located in the neighboring town of Orono, home to the Black Bears ice hockey team. Bangor serves as the regional hub for medicine, commerce and the arts. Enjoy our talented Bangor Symphony Orchestra, one of the oldest continuous operating orchestras in the US and our entertaining Penobscot theater group. Bangor International Airport offers direct and one-stop service to most major destinations.
For confidential consideration, contact:
Amanda Lewis, CPRP, Physician Recruiter
ProviderCareers@northernlight.org
207.973.5358
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services10
- Non-Profit & Social Services3
- Education2
- Agriculture & Farming1
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in geneticist jobs.
- PhD in genetics, genomics, molecular biology, or a closely related life science field
- Hands-on experience with next-generation sequencing library preparation and data analysis
- Proficiency in at least one bioinformatics scripting language such as Python or R
- Experience designing and interpreting CRISPR, RNAi, or other gene-editing experiments
- Familiarity with genomic databases including NCBI, Ensembl, or ClinVar
- Demonstrated ability to present research findings and prepare scientific manuscripts
Tips for Your Geneticist Job Search
Tailor your resume to the sequencing stack
List the specific platforms you have hands-on experience with, such as Illumina short-read, Oxford Nanopore, or PacBio long-read. Hiring managers for geneticist roles scan for exact instrument names, not general phrases like 'next-generation sequencing experience.'
Lead with your publication and pipeline record
For research-track geneticist roles, your first resume section after contact details should be publications, preprints, or bioinformatics pipelines you built or contributed to. Committees and scientific hiring panels treat this as the primary signal of your independent research capability.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists geneticist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by your preferred organism or disease area
Geneticist job descriptions almost always specify a model organism, disease indication, or crop type. Applying only to roles that match your actual wet-lab background, whether mouse models, rare disease, or crop improvement, produces far stronger cover letters and higher callback rates.
Prepare a methods talk, not just answers
Most geneticist interview loops include a 30-to-45-minute chalk talk or seminar where you present unpublished data or a hypothetical experimental design. Rehearse a clear narrative that walks panelists through your reasoning at each decision point, not just your conclusions.
Negotiate start date and lab setup funding together
In academic and core-facility geneticist offers, startup packages, equipment budgets, and postdoc hire allowances are often more negotiable than base salary. Raise these in the same conversation as your start date so the institution treats the full offer as a single package.
Geneticist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most geneticists?
The companies hiring the most geneticists right now include Nemours, SSM Health, and University of Utah, with the largest share of openings in Florida, Illinois, and Nevada, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is concentrated in pharmaceutical research, agricultural biotech, and clinical genomics diagnostics.
How many geneticist jobs are remote?
About 0% of geneticist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, which is lower than many other science roles because most positions require bench work or supervised instrument access. Bioinformatics-focused geneticist roles and genetic counseling-adjacent positions account for the largest share of fully remote opportunities.
How do you become a geneticist?
Most geneticist positions require a PhD in genetics, genomics, or molecular biology, followed by one or more postdoctoral appointments for research-track roles. You build your candidacy by developing hands-on sequencing and gene-editing skills, publishing or contributing to peer-reviewed work, and gaining experience with bioinformatics pipelines. Industry roles in diagnostics or agriculture sometimes hire candidates with a master's degree and strong applied lab experience.
How do you get hired as a geneticist with little or no experience?
Entry points for geneticists with limited experience include research technician and associate scientist roles at biotech companies, core genomics facilities at universities, and agricultural research stations. Emphasize any hands-on sequencing, genotyping, or CRISPR work from coursework or volunteer lab time. Rotating through multiple lab environments during graduate training and co-authoring even a single methods paper strengthens your application considerably.
What does the geneticist interview process look like?
A typical geneticist interview process begins with a recruiter or hiring manager screen, followed by a technical phone interview covering your methods and experimental design reasoning. Finalists are usually invited for an on-site or virtual loop that includes a research seminar or chalk talk, one-on-one meetings with team scientists, and occasionally a written problem-solving exercise. The full process from first contact to offer commonly takes several weeks.
Where can I find and apply to geneticist jobs?
You can find and apply to geneticist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States in one place. Search the listings to find roles that match your background in molecular genetics, genomics, or a related specialty, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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