Jobs in Cambridge, United Kingdom

Amaris Consulting is an independent technology consulting firm providing guidance and solutions to businesses. With more than 1000 clients across the globe, we have been rolling out solutions in major projects for over a decade – this is made possible by an international team of 7,600 people spread across 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Our solutions focus on four different Business Lines: Information System & Digital, Telecom, Life Sciences and Engineering. We’re focused on building and nurturing a top talent community where all our team members can achieve their full potential. Amaris is your steppingstone to cross rivers of change, meet challenges and achieve all your projects with success.

At Amaris, we strive to provide our candidates with the best possible recruitment experience. We like to get to know our candidates, challenge them, and be able to give them proper feedback as quickly as possible. Here\'s what our recruitment process looks like:

Our process typically begins with a brief virtual/phone conversation to get to know you! The objective? Learn about you, understand your motivations, and make sure we have the right job for you!

(the average number of interviews is 3 - the number may vary depending on the level of seniority required for the position). During the interviews, you will meet people from our team: your line manager of course, but also other people related to your future role. We will talk in depth about you, your experience, and skills, but also about the position and what will be expected of you. Of course, you will also get to know Amaris: our culture, our roots, our teams, and your career opportunities!

Depending on the position, we may ask you to take a test. This could be a role play, a technical assessment, a problem-solving scenario, etc.

As you know, every person is different and so is every role in a company. That is why we have to adapt accordingly, and the process may differ slightly at times. However, please know that we always put ourselves in the candidate\'s shoes to ensure they have the best possible experience.

We look forward to meeting you!

We are seeking a Pipeline Engineer / Bioinformatician (4–6 years of experience) to lead the design, optimization, and operation of NGS/omics pipelines for large-scale datasets. In this role, you will collaborate with biologists, data scientists, and platform engineers to transform research experiments into robust, automated workflows that run efficiently on HPC clusters and/or cloud environments.

This role is remote in Canada or LATAM.

• Develop and maintain production pipelines for genomics, transcriptomics, and other omics (e.g., alignment, quantification, variant calling, QC, data integration).
• Harden and optimize research code into reproducible workflows (containerization, CI/CD, traceability).
• Optimize compute and storage resources through parallelization, batching, and cost/performance tuning.
• Operate at scale on HPC and cloud environments: submit, monitor, and troubleshoot jobs, ensuring reliability and throughput.
• Plan and execute cloud migrations and transitions from legacy systems, including data migration, backup, and recovery.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with experimental and analytical teams to define requirements, acceptance criteria, and support study deliverables.
• Ensure data governance and compliance by maintaining metadata standards and security protocols.
• Design and maintain AWS data infrastructure, develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines, and establish global engineering standards.

Education & Experience:

• MSc/PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 4–6 years of hands-on experience designing, validating, and deploying NGS/omics pipelines into production.
• Practical experience running workloads on HPC environments (e.g., SLURM/SGE) and/or cloud platforms.

Technical Skills:

• Strong programming in Python and/or R, shell scripting, Git, and Linux.
• Proficiency with workflow management tools (Nextflow, Snakemake) and containerization (Docker).
• Familiarity with AWS services and cloud-native architectures.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with single-cell and spatial transcriptomics pipelines (e.g., Cell Ranger).
• Data engineering knowledge: data models, object storage structures, metadata management, and reproducible environments.
• Experience with managed batch/execution services, Databricks, or Spark.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with wet-lab and platform teams.

Why choose us

• An international community bringing together more than 110 different nationalities
• An environment where trust is central: 70% of our leaders started their careers at the entry level
• A strong training system with our internal Academy and more than 250 modules available
• A dynamic work environment that frequently comes together for internal events (afterworks, team buildings, etc.)

Amaris Consulting promotes equal opportunities. We are committed to bringing together people from diverse backgrounds and creating an inclusive work environment. In this regard, we welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or other characteristics.