Bioinformatician — Genomics AI Workflow Architect

Azenta; SOUTH PLAINFIELD (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Azenta Inc. seeks a Bioinformatician in South Plainfield, NJ to design and develop a next‑generation workflow platform that integrates sequencing data, vector biology, and AI-powered analytics.

You will translate scientific requirements into scalable, reusable workflows and self‑service capabilities, collaborating across informatics, lab, quality, and product teams to deliver validated digital products.

Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, molecular biology, biostatistics, computer science, or a related field preferred.
• Experience designing and developing automated NGS and long‑read analysis workflows, including assembly, polishing, SV analysis, quality control, and support for FASTQ, FASTA, BAM/CRAM, VCF, BED, GFF/GTF, and GenBank formats.
• Demonstrated experience translating plasmid or viral vector design principles into reusable computational rules, algorithms, or platform capabilities.
• Strong understanding of molecular biology, genetics, cloning, gene regulation, plasmid and viral vector architecture, and sequence‑to‑function relationships.
• Working knowledge of both short‑read and long‑read sequencing technologies, including their error profiles, strengths, limitations, and appropriate analysis strategies.
• Proficiency in Linux and programming or scripting languages, preferably Python, R, or Bash.
• Experience with version control, collaborative code review

Responsibilities

• Design and implement reusable algorithms, services, and workflow components to evaluate sequence designs, construct risks, manufacturability, and functional performance.
• Build configurable analytical frameworks that integrate public scientific resources, proprietary algorithms, and standardized decision rules to support sequence and vector design workflows.
• Develop customer‑facing analytics, visualizations, APIs, and self‑service tools that expose platform capabilities and turn biological data into actionable insights and recommendations.
• Architect, develop, validate, and maintain scalable workflows for long‑read, short‑read, Sanger, and hybrid sequencing applications, including automated quality control, assembly, variant analysis, exception handling, and results delivery.
• Apply AI and machine learning to automate workflow orchestration, data interpretation, quality assessment, troubleshooting, summarization, and continuous platform improvement.
• Partner across informatics, laboratory, quality, and commercial teams to define requirements, prioritize capabilities, integrate instruments and systems, and scale scientific workflows into supported digital products.
• Create and maintain platform architecture documentation, workflow specifications, validation records, operating procedures, release documentation, and user guidance.
• Maintain expertise in workflow architecture, sequencing technologies, vector biology, synthetic biology, AI, bioinformatics, and scientific software engineering

Skills

Python

R

Bash

Linux

NGS workflows

Version control

Education

PhD (bioinformatics etc.)

Master’s degree + experience

Tools

GenBank formats

Job description

Azenta Inc. seeks a Bioinformatician in South Plainfield, NJ to design and develop a next‑generation workflow platform that integrates sequencing data, vector biology, and AI-powered analytics.

You will translate scientific requirements into scalable, reusable workflows and self‑service capabilities, collaborating across informatics, lab, quality, and product teams to deliver validated digital products.