location_onCambridge, UK
watch_later Posted: May 31, 2024
Skills Required
Nice To Have skills
Job Description
In this role, you will work closely with scientists, software engineers, product managers, and other bioinformaticians to support and drive cutting edge research products and services. If you are an experienced bioinformatician, are fulfilled by working on challenging problems, and enjoy being part of a vibrant team, this role is for you!
Key Responsibilities
- Work as part of an Agile development team to develop, test, document, and support bioinformatics pipelines and tools (primarily Python with some C# and R)
- Help manage complex projects by gathering user requirements and breaking them into technical tasks for the team
- Mentor junior group members and provide high-level guidance on software architecture, bioinformatics, and scientific approach to problems
- Provide expert feedback on new code through pull requests
- Drive collaboration with scientists, product managers, software engineers, and other internal stakeholders to understand and address the complex, emerging needs of our business and customers
- Prepare and present high quality data packages and reports to internal/external clients
- Help drive innovation within the bioinformatics group and company by suggesting new areas of research/development
Essential Competencies Requirements
- Relevant experience post-PhD (or equivalent experience) in bioinformatics, computational biology, molecular biology, chemistry, physics, statistics, computer science, or a related field
- Bioinformatics expertise – experienced in using standard tools and common data sources
- Strong software development skills
- 3+ years’ experience in Python development and testing
- Experience creating and querying databases (e.g. PostgreSQL)
- Advanced knownledge of Git
- Experience developing user-facing software (command-line, web app)
- Able to work independently and deliver high quality results while managing multiple simultaneous projects