Bioinformatics Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Bioinformatics Engineer, where you'll leverage your software engineering skills to develop and maintain cutting-edge tools for bioinformatics. This role involves producing high-quality code for data analysis, participating in agile practices, and collaborating with domain experts to ensure the scientific validity of software products. You'll be at the forefront of innovation, contributing to the continuous improvement of bioinformatics solutions while adhering to engineering standards. If you're passionate about bioinformatics and want to make a difference in the field, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in bioinformatics and software engineering is essential.
• Strong proficiency in developing algorithms for large dataset analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain software tools for bioinformatics applications.
• Collaborate with experts to ensure scientific validity of software products.

Skills

Software Testing Strategies

Git

NGS Tertiary Annotation Tools

Linux

Docker

Production-Quality Algorithms

CI/CD Pipelines

Tools

Git

Docker

Singularity

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Bioinformatics Engineers are software engineers with extensive experience in bioinformatics.

They are responsible for developing and maintaining software tools and datasets used to solve a wide variety of bioinformatic needs. They ensure the high quality and robustness of these tools, following best practices during software design, development, and testing.

As a Bioinformatics Engineer at Genomics England, you will also be required to follow and contribute to agile practices, act as a subject-matter expert for bioinformatics, support continuous improvement, collaborate effectively, and adhere to engineering standards.

Everyday responsibilities include:

• Produce high-quality code for high throughput sequencing data analysis, genome analysis, and interpretation.
• Develop automated tests to validate existing and new code.
• Participate in all testing and deployment stages up to production.
• Collaborate with domain experts to ensure scientific and clinical validity of software products.
• Contribute to discovery tasks during early development phases and understand initial decisions to inform final software design.
• Write comprehensive documentation for decisions, designs, tests, and results to enable full traceability.
• Be an active member of an agile squad, offering subject matter expertise.
• Ensure compliance with standards and accreditation requirements for clinical laboratory practice and software delivery.

Skills and Experience for Success:

• Experience or interest in software testing strategies.
• Proficiency in software version control systems (preferably Git).
• Familiarity with NGS tertiary annotation tools and databases.
• Proficiency in Linux and containerization techniques (Docker, Singularity).
• Strong expertise in developing production-quality algorithms and software for large dataset analysis.
• Experience with building code using CI/CD pipelines is desirable.