Bioinformatics Workflow Developer

Overview

Global biotechnology company focusing on molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. Their sequencing platform allows for rapid insights, that analyse DNA and RNA data.

The Customer Analysis Workflows are responsible for communicating bioinformatic analyses to end users through various media from software libraries, notebook tutorials, through to fully automated analyses on their platform.

You will be driven to provide scientific analysis, software friendly to a range of user abilities! You will be responsible for developing and maintaining new bioinformatic analyses to be coupled with experiment scenarios, targeting particular scientific and clinical questions. You will work with our team to build workflows that can be utilised across modes of presentation from standalone libraries and command line tools, to coordinated graphical solutions

Essential skills:

• Experience in software development on Debian-based linuxes;

• Expertise in bioinformatics workflows and knowledge of workflow management software (CWL, snakemake, nextflow) and practical experience of handling sequencing data with exposure to common software (samtools, bcftools);

• Familiarity with long-read sequencing;

• Strong Python programming skills (development, testing, packaging);

• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment and a willingness to adapt, listen and learn new skills

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of newly identified workflows and collaborate within the group to resolve how best to present these;

• Collaborate closely with our teams within the various R&D groups to identify analysis workflows potentially useful to customers;

• Adapt standard bioinformatic tools to long-read nanopore sequencing;

• Identify areas for tool development, and work with Algorithm Research colleagues to explore options;

• Define and promote best-practices for open-source analysis software;

• Maintain abreast of external advances in the field of long-read data analysis and the requirements of end-users as determined by various customer facing teams.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary

• Enhanced bonus scheme

• Long term incentives

• Relocation package

• 25+ days holiday

• Clear development pathway

• Senior, strategic, role

Please click ‘apply’ or contact Erin Blank for any further information

Erin P. Blank

Senior Consultant - EMEA

Email: eblank (@) barringtonjames.com

Following your application Erin Blank, a specialist recruiter will discuss the opportunity with you in detail. She will be more than happy to answer any questions relating to the industry and the potential for your career growth. The conversation can also progress further to discussing other opportunities, which are also available right now or will be imminently becoming available.

This position has been highly popular, and it is likely that it will close prematurely. We recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.