Scientific Data & Systems Analyst (Bioinformatics)

Billennium; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Billennium is seeking a Scientific Data & Systems Specialist to advance data-driven initiatives in life sciences and drug discovery. The role blends scientific research, data management, and computational tech to curate, harmonize, validate, and integrate complex biological data across systems.

You will write and optimize SQL queries, automate data-processing tasks with Python/R/Bash, and support bioinformatics activities using BLAST, CLUSTALW, UniProt, GenBank, and Ensembl.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in biology, bioinformatics, molecular biology, computer science, or related field.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience in biotech, pharma, or related industry.
• Strong SQL proficiency.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, R, Bash).

Responsibilities

• Curate, maintain, and update scientific data within internal systems and LIMS.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, reproducibility, and adherence to data standards.
• Write and optimize SQL queries for relational databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Automate data-processing tasks using Python, R, Bash, or Perl.
• Support bioinformatics activities using sequence alignment tools (BLAST, CLUSTALW).
• Work with UniProt, GenBank, and Ensembl to validate data.
• Develop unit and functional tests for data-processing code.
• Communicate data analysis results to scientists, product owners, and developers.
• Use Jupyter or R Notebooks to support analysis and documentation.

Skills

Biology

Data curation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's/Master’s/PhD in Biology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Computer Science

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Bash

BLAST

CLUSTALW

Biopython

Bioconductor

BioPerl

LIMS

Jupyter Notebooks

Ensembl

UniProt

Job description

Billennium is seeking a Scientific Data & Systems Specialist to advance data-driven initiatives in life sciences and drug discovery. The role blends scientific research, data management, and computational tech to curate, harmonize, validate, and integrate complex biological data across systems.

You will write and optimize SQL queries, automate data-processing tasks with Python/R/Bash, and support bioinformatics activities using BLAST, CLUSTALW, UniProt, GenBank, and Ensembl.