Bioinformatician for Social & Host-Microbiome Genomics

CRG; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain, is seeking a bioinformatician to support our lab’s research on host-microbiome interactions and indirect genetic effects. You will maintain and apply Nextflow pipelines to large-scale genomics and metagenomics data, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team across HPC environments.

The role requires a Master’s or PhD in bioinformatics or related fields, fluent English, and strong programming skills in R and Python.

Qualifications

• Experience carrying out research in a research laboratory.
• Experience analysing large, complex biological datasets.
• Experience working in high-performance computing environments.
• Experience running, adapting, maintaining and troubleshooting computational pipelines.
• Experience with Nextflow or a comparable workflow manager such as Snakemake

Skills

R

Python

High-performance computing

Pipeline troubleshooting

Independent problem solving

Education

Master's or PhD in bioinformatics or related fields

Tools

Nextflow

Snakemake

Docker

Apptainer/Singularity

Git

Conda/Mamba

ENA

Job description

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain, is seeking a bioinformatician to support our lab’s research on host-microbiome interactions and indirect genetic effects. You will maintain and apply Nextflow pipelines to large-scale genomics and metagenomics data, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team across HPC environments.

The role requires a Master’s or PhD in bioinformatics or related fields, fluent English, and strong programming skills in R and Python.