Bioinformatician - NGS

This Bioinformatician opportunity is at the forefront of scientific innovation with a company developing advanced cell-based therapies. Their cutting-edge approaches aim to overcome key challenges in the field, enabling more effective and adaptable treatment strategies.

You will be working on an advanced bioinformatics platform that supports the development of novel therapeutic solutions across a range of projects. As part of a multidisciplinary team of computational and experimental biologists, you will contribute to groundbreaking research with real-world impact.

Skills

Essential:

• Significant experience with mammalian genomics and genome-scale data analysis; Prior experience in human genomics preferred

• Proficient with bioinformatics tools and pipelines, especially NGS data processing for variant calling, expression profiling (bulk/single-cell RNA-seq), and/or other functional genomics applications

• Proven programming skills. Preference: R, Python

Desirable:

• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS) and databases (SQL) for genomics data processing and storage; Linux & HPC experience a plus

• Knowledge or working experience with non-coding RNA analysis and/or gene modulation technologies (e.g. CRISPR)

• Experience establishing computational infrastructures in an industry/company setting

• Experience troubleshooting application issues

• Training and experience in the application of machine learning and use of statistical models is a plus

Qualifications / Profile

• BSc/MSc/PhD with experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, statistics, and/or a related field; PhD would be an advantage

• Strong communication skills with the proven ability to relay information effectively and efficiently, both to computational and experimental scientists.

• Team-orientation toward collaboration and mutual success

• Ability to ensure reproducible and transferable work through use of appropriate procedures and documentation