Part-Time Bioinformatics Pipeline Automator (6 Months)

UofL; United States; On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Louisville is seeking a part‑time temporary worker for the Brown Cancer Center Bioinformatics Core to automate and streamline computational biology pipelines. The role is approximately 10 hours per week for about six months and focuses on improving reproducibility, reducing manual steps, and deploying workflows on HPC resources.

The ideal candidate will refactor scripts into modular pipelines, apply best practices in software engineering, and collaborate with core members and the

Qualifications

• Four (4) or more years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in automating pipelines and HPC workflows.

Responsibilities

• Refactor and automate existing bioinformatics pipelines (RNA-Seq, DNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, scRNA, long-read) for reproducibility.
• Convert ad hoc scripts into modular, parameterized workflows.
• Set up automated execution on HPC clusters, including job scheduling and dependencies.
• Add error handling, logging, and basic testing to pipelines.
• Use GitHub to manage code and version control.
• Communicate progress and troubleshoot with Core members and PI.

Skills

Python

R

Bash

Unix/Linux

Version control

Documentation

Testing

Education

Degree in Computer Science and Engineering

Tools

Docker

Singularity

GitHub

Job description

University of Louisville is seeking a part‑time temporary worker for the Brown Cancer Center Bioinformatics Core to automate and streamline computational biology pipelines. The role is approximately 10 hours per week for about six months and focuses on improving reproducibility, reducing manual steps, and deploying workflows on HPC resources.

The ideal candidate will refactor scripts into modular pipelines, apply best practices in software engineering, and collaborate with core members and the