Data Engineer

Syngenta; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Syngenta offers an exciting opportunity for a Data Engineer to join their R&D IT team. This role focuses on creating and maintaining data pipelines for bioinformatics, ensuring data quality and governance, and leveraging cloud technologies. The position promises an engaging work environment with significant contributions to the agriculture sector.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Private medical & life insurance

Up to 31.5 days annual holiday

Wide range of training options

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Python and R.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms, particularly AWS or GCP.
• Familiarity with bioinformatics tools including FASTQ, BAM, VCF formats.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines for -omics datasets.
• Establishing data quality standards and governance policies.
• Leveraging cloud technologies to develop cost-effective data solutions.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

NoSQL

DevOps

Data Governance

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or equivalent

Tools

AWS

GCP

Databricks

Snowflake

Linux

Nextflow

Snakemake

Job description

Company Description

Syngenta Crop Protection is a leader in agricultural innovation, bringing breakthrough technologies and solutions that enable farmers to grow healthy and nutritious food while taking care of the planet. We offer a leading portfolio of crop protection solutions for plant and soil health, as well as digital solutions that transform the decision-making capabilities of farmers. Our 17,900 employees serve to advance agriculture in more than 90 countries around the world. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and is part of the Syngenta Group.

Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. Regardless of your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding an ever-increasing population while taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and experienced Data engineer to join our R&D IT team to design and own data publishing scenarios for our Bioinformatics Platform! You will collaborate with the platform team to design and establish data governance policies and procedures, while designing production-grade ETL processes to integrate data. Key responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with bioinformaticians to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines for processing multi modal -omics datasets.
• Establishing and enforcing data quality standards.
• Developing and optimizing database schemas for efficient storage and retrieval of bioinformatics and biological data.
• Leveraging cloud technologies to build and maintain scalable, cost-effective data solutions.
• Ensuring data FAIRness and integrity, including third-party bioinformatics tools and databases.
• Establishing guard-rails and document best practices to support the data platform users, and drive platform adoption.

Qualifications

What we are looking for?

• Awareness of the methods and standards in data engineering, DevOps practices and IT standards.
• Strong programming skills, including Python and R.
• Familiarity with Linux OS and Shell scripting.
• Extensive experience in data orchestration spanning SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Proficiency in cloud computing platforms and experience in modern data platform solutions (AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake).
• Familiarity with workflow management systems (e.g., Nextflow, Snakemake).
• Knowledge of bioinformatics tools and data formats (e.g., FASTQ, BAM, VCF) and understanding of omics technologies.
• Experience in the agriculture or other life sciences industry.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to lead development activities for a cross functional team.

Additional Information

Our site

Jealott's Hill International Research Centre UK is situated in pleasant semi-rural surroundings between Bracknell and Maidenhead and is the place of work for approximately 800 Syngenta scientists and support staff. Jealott’s Hill is one of the main global research and development sites and key activities include research into discovery of new active ingredients, new formulation technologies, product safety and technical support of our product range.

What we offer

• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday.
• A position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.
• The chance to work as part of a global team to address the current and future needs of the agricultural sector.
• Learning culture and wide range of training options.

Syngenta has been ranked as atop 5 employer and number 1 in agriculture by Science Journal.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Learn more about our D&I initiatives here: https://www.syngenta.com/careers/working-syngenta/diversity-and-inclusion

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