Head of Data Platform & Engineering

Relation; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Relation, a TechBio leader in London, seeks an Associate Director of Data Engineering to shape and scale our data platform. You will lead a cross-disciplinary team, drive end-to-end data workflows from lab to insights, and implement robust governance and security practices.

You will partner with biology, computation, and engineering to deliver scalable, reproducible pipelines and product-oriented data infrastructure that accelerates biomedical discoveries.

Qualifications

• Background in bioinformatics or data engineering within interdisciplinary teams.
• Familiarity with cloud systems (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, Nextflow and Dagster.
• Advanced programming in Python or Rust with scalable, well-tested code.
• Strong cross-functional coordination bridging wet lab, computational science and engineering.
• Good understanding of FAIR data principles and data governance.
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices and Data/Platform as a product thinking.
• Bonus experience: ISO 27001, SOC 2, or GDPR in biotech contexts.

Responsabilités

• Define and evolve Relation’s unified data platform strategy with Labs, Engineering, Data Science and ML.
• Treat the data platform as a product, meeting researchers’ and engineers’ needs.
• Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing Data Engineering team.
• Manage end-to-end data flow from lab instruments to information systems.
• Optimize scientific compute pipelines for scalability and reproducibility.
• Enforce data governance and FAIR principles with automated lineage.
• Drive CI/CD, testing for ETLs, and production-grade SDKs.
• Own Relation’s data infrastructure security posture.

Connaissances

Bioinformatics

Data engineering

Python

Rust

Cloud computing

Kubernetes

Nextflow

Dagster

Data governance

Data/Platform as a product

Cross-functional collaboration

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics or Data Engineering

Biology or Computer Science background

Outils

Nextflow

Dagster

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Description du poste

Relation, a TechBio leader in London, seeks an Associate Director of Data Engineering to shape and scale our data platform. You will lead a cross-disciplinary team, drive end-to-end data workflows from lab to insights, and implement robust governance and security practices.

You will partner with biology, computation, and engineering to deliver scalable, reproducible pipelines and product-oriented data infrastructure that accelerates biomedical discoveries.