Genomics Data Engineer: Ingest, QC & Pipelines

Genomics; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Cycle-to-Work

Private Health Insurance

Pension Scheme

Job summary

Genomics is a science-led transatlantic TechBio blending large-scale genetic data with analytics to accelerate drug discovery and predictive healthcare.

The Data Engineer helps transform complex genomic datasets into analysis-ready resources, focusing on data transformation, harmonisation, and quality control within automated workflows. You will design schemas for new data types and contribute to expanding the genomic data resource across science, product, and engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience with GWAS summary statistics or large-scale genotype/phenotype data.
• Proficiency in Python and Unix/Linux.
• Ability to read complex data-quality outputs and apply scientific judgement.
• Educated to at least BSc in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Move data in: ingest large-scale genomic datasets via pipelines in Linux.
• Safeguard quality by interpreting QC metrics and diagnosing data issues.
• Configure workflow parameters and curate dataset metadata for clear use.
• Collaborate with software engineers to diagnose pipeline issues and improve ingestion/QC.

Skills

Python

Unix/Linux

GWAS statistics

Data quality

Bioinformatics

Education

BSc or higher in bioinformatics, computational biology, human genetics or similar

Job description

Genomics is a science-led transatlantic TechBio blending large-scale genetic data with analytics to accelerate drug discovery and predictive healthcare.

The Data Engineer helps transform complex genomic datasets into analysis-ready resources, focusing on data transformation, harmonisation, and quality control within automated workflows. You will design schemas for new data types and contribute to expanding the genomic data resource across science, product, and engineering.