Senior Genomics Scientist Remote/Hybrid, DRAGEN

Illumina; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Pension 10%

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Illumina is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to advance the DRAGEN platform and its integration with ICA. The role focuses on turning complex genomic data into insights that inform diagnostics and precision medicine.

You’ll work with world-class scientists and engineers to develop scalable algorithms and production-grade software across cancer genomics, rare disease, and population genomics projects.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or related.
• Strong experience developing bioinformatics methods for NGS data.
• Expertise in secondary analysis workflows: mapping, alignment, variant calling, interpretation.
• Proficiency in high‑performance languages such as C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement computational methods for genomic data analysis.
• Build production software with speed, scale, and accuracy.
• Interpret complex sequencing data to inform product and workflow development.
• Collaborate with software, FPGA, quality, and clinical genomics teams.
• Advance DRAGEN platform across germline, somatic, DNA/RNA sequencing.

Skills

Bioinformatics

Genomics

Statistics

Algorithm development

C/C++

Education

Master's or PhD in Bioinformatics or related

Tools

DRAGEN™ platform

Illumina Connected Analytics (ICA)

Job description

Illumina is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist to advance the DRAGEN platform and its integration with ICA. The role focuses on turning complex genomic data into insights that inform diagnostics and precision medicine.

You’ll work with world-class scientists and engineers to develop scalable algorithms and production-grade software across cancer genomics, rare disease, and population genomics projects.