Microbiome Bioinformatics Scientist – Cloud-Enabled

Ferring Holding SA; Roseville (MN); On-site; USD 94,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Annual bonus potential

Comprehensive health benefits

401k plan with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Ferring Holding SA in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, is seeking a Scientist for Microbiome Bioinformatics. This full-time role focuses on designing and deploying scalable microbiome analysis pipelines, leveraging cloud workflows and CI/CD, and collaborating across R&D to translate omics data into actionable insights.

A PhD/MS in a related field plus 1+ year omics experience are preferred. You will work in a fast-paced, data-driven environment, contributing to publications and scientific

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in computer science, bioinformatics, genomics, biostatistics or related field.
• Minimum of one year in omics sciences, preferably microbiome.
• Experience developing and running cloud-based bioinformatic workflows.
• Proficiency in Linux, Python and R; strong writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and run reproducible microbiome analytic workflows from raw data to outputs.
• Collaborate on data mining, translational insights for R&D and clinical initiatives.
• Maintain and update workflows; optimize performance and manage dependencies.
• Create datasets and resources for annotation and use of complex omics data.
• Present findings and contribute to publications and internal/external talks.

Skills

Omics data analysis

Bioinformatics

Genomics

Scientific writing

Education

MS or PhD in computer science, bioinformatics, genomics, biostatistics or related field

Tools

Python

R

AWS

Linux

Job description

Ferring Holding SA in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, is seeking a Scientist for Microbiome Bioinformatics. This full-time role focuses on designing and deploying scalable microbiome analysis pipelines, leveraging cloud workflows and CI/CD, and collaborating across R&D to translate omics data into actionable insights.

A PhD/MS in a related field plus 1+ year omics experience are preferred. You will work in a fast-paced, data-driven environment, contributing to publications and scientific