Bioinformatics Scientist: NGS Pipelines on HPC & Cloud

EPAM Systems; Turkey; On-site; TRY 2,917,000 - 4,375,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Learning platform access

English courses

Mentoring programs

Extra leave days

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Bioinformatics Scientist for a leading global pharmaceutical client to design and optimize computational methods for large-scale NGS analysis. You will build production-grade workflows for HPC and cloud environments and collaborate with biologists and data scientists across oncology, immunology, and neuroscience.

You will develop scalable pipelines, evaluate new algorithms, and deliver reproducible analyses with clear documentation and scientific reports.

Qualifications

• PhD with 1+ year experience or MSc with 5+ years in bioinformatics.
• Experience processing NGS datasets (WGS, WES, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, single-cell).
• Proficient in workflow scripting (Nextflow) and Unix/Linux.
• Strong genomics algorithm knowledge: alignment, assembly, variant calling.
• Familiar with FASTA/FASTQ/BAM/VCF formats.
• Proficient in Python, R, or C++.
• Experience with HPC clusters and cloud platforms.
• Excellent communication and collaboration; English B2+.
• Proven scientific publications.

Responsibilities

• Develop, benchmark, and optimize computational methods to analyze diverse NGS datasets
• Build and maintain scalable, automated bioinformatics pipelines for HPC and cloud-based execution
• Partner with interdisciplinary scientific teams to translate research needs into reproducible analytical workflows
• Evaluate and implement new algorithms, tools, and computational strategies to enhance data processing capabilities
• Produce clear technical documentation, reports, and scientific deliverables

Skills

NGS analysis

Nextflow

Python/R/C++

HPC/Cloud

Scientific publication

Collaboration

English proficiency

Education

PhD in Bioinformatics

MSc in related field

Tools

Nextflow

Linux

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Bioinformatics Scientist for a leading global pharmaceutical client to design and optimize computational methods for large-scale NGS analysis. You will build production-grade workflows for HPC and cloud environments and collaborate with biologists and data scientists across oncology, immunology, and neuroscience.

You will develop scalable pipelines, evaluate new algorithms, and deliver reproducible analyses with clear documentation and scientific reports.