Senior Bioinformatician – Microbial Genomics & Pipelines

Bactobio; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Paid maternity leave (12 weeks)

Paid parental leave (6 weeks)

Up to 2 months fully paid sick leave

Flexible start and finish times

4 weeks fully paid sabbatical after 5 years

Complimentary snacks and drinks

Access to training through Udemy

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

A London-based BioTech company is seeking a bioinformatician to develop and maintain high-throughput computational workflows. The successful candidate will create robust pipelines for sequencing data, ensuring traceability and integrating new algorithms. Candidates should have a PhD in bioinformatics, experience in microbial genomics, and solid engineering habits. This full-time position offers a vibrant work culture and excellent benefits including flexible working, generous holiday, and training opportunities. Join a team committed to impactful biotechnological discoveries.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of experience in bioinformatics.
• Experience maintaining and deploying bioinformatics pipelines.
• Experience handling high-throughput data.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy reproducible bioinformatics pipelines.
• Maintain an internal database of sequencing data.
• Provide bioinformatics expertise to interpret sequencing data.

Skills

Bioinformatics expertise

Microbial genomics

Workflow managers (Snakemake)

Version control

Attention to detail

Education

PhD in bioinformatics or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Cloud computing

Relational databases

Job description

A London-based BioTech company is seeking a bioinformatician to develop and maintain high-throughput computational workflows. The successful candidate will create robust pipelines for sequencing data, ensuring traceability and integrating new algorithms. Candidates should have a PhD in bioinformatics, experience in microbial genomics, and solid engineering habits. This full-time position offers a vibrant work culture and excellent benefits including flexible working, generous holiday, and training opportunities. Join a team committed to impactful biotechnological discoveries.