R Shiny Bioinformatics Scientist (Hybrid)

Excelra Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; Oost-Vlaanderen; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

International setting

Open culture and collaboration

Job summary

Excelra Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in Ghent is seeking an experienced R Shiny Bioinformatician to develop, maintain, and enhance scientific applications that support research across omics domains.

You will work on cloud-based platforms, implement AI-enabled analytics, and build scalable data products for researchers. The role combines bioinformatics and scientific software development, offering flexible hybrid work and opportunities to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams on diverse

Qualifications

• PhD or MSc with 5+ years of equivalent experience in a related discipline.
• Strong experience with R and Shiny application development.
• Experience with transcriptomics, genomics, proteomics, microbiome, or other omics datasets.
• Experience conducting RNA-seq and/or single-cell sequencing analyses.
• Strong programming skills in R and Python.
• Experience building scientific software applications and data visualization solutions.
• Experience working with AWS cloud services and cloud-hosted analytical applications.
• Experience developing reproducible analytical workflows and bioinformatics pipelines.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently while partnering effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance R Shiny applications for exploration, visualization, and interpretation of omics and clinical datasets.
• Build interactive dashboards and analytical tools enabling publication-ready figures and insights.
• Collaborate with scientists to translate research requirements into practical features.
• Maintain and improve existing scientific software platforms and analytical applications.
• Deliver bioinformatics analyses across transcriptomics, genomics, proteomics, and microbiome data.
• Conduct RNA-seq and single-cell sequencing analyses.
• Support interpretation of complex biological datasets and communicate findings to multidisciplinary teams.
• Contribute to reproducible analytical workflows.

Skills

R and Shiny

Python

AWS cloud services

Docker

Git and CI/CD

Data visualization

Analytical problem solving

Education

PhD in Bioscience engineering, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Computational Biology, Data Science, Genomics, Systems Biology (or MSc with 5+ years of equivalent experience)

Tools

Docker

AWS Cloud

Job description

Excelra Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in Ghent is seeking an experienced R Shiny Bioinformatician to develop, maintain, and enhance scientific applications that support research across omics domains.

You will work on cloud-based platforms, implement AI-enabled analytics, and build scalable data products for researchers. The role combines bioinformatics and scientific software development, offering flexible hybrid work and opportunities to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams on diverse