Job Title: Bioinformatics Software Developer
The Future Medicines Institute (FMI) is a new industry-led research hub for Life and Health Sciences in Northern Ireland, hosted by Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). Life and Health Sciences have been identified as a priority sector by the NI Executive, the UK, and Irish governments. A consortium of companies, QUB, and Ulster University has developed a model to create this translational research unit. The FMI aims to foster collaboration, cluster development, and engagement, enhancing research and development opportunities for partners. This multi-million-pound investment includes new research infrastructure and personnel, and will be located adjacent to key research centers at QUB.
The FMI is funded by the Department of Economy, Northern Ireland, for an initial 5 years, managed as a UKRI Strengths in Places Fund project, with the goal of long-term sustainability. It will collaborate with other regional initiatives like iREACH, Momentum 1.0, the Centre for Digital Healthcare Technologies, and the Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre, to transform the NI Life and Health Sciences sector and foster collaborations across the UK and Ireland.
The successful candidate will develop bioinformatics tools, workflows, and cloud-based infrastructure to support genomics and multi-omics data analysis across FMI projects. This role involves working closely with biologists, bioinformaticians, and software developers to integrate computational methods with scalable cloud platforms, streamlining data processing, analysis, and sharing. The candidate should have a strong foundation in software engineering, data engineering, and cloud computing, with a proactive attitude and the ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary team.
About the Person
The ideal candidate must meet the following criteria:
* Degree in computer science, bioinformatics, data engineering, or a related discipline.
* Have or be about to obtain a relevant PhD (must be obtained within 3 months of interview).
* Relevant research experience.
* Experience in designing and deploying scalable cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, GCP).
* Proficiency in bioinformatics pipeline development (e.g., RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, exomes).
* Expertise in HPC infrastructure/Linux systems and experience with R and/or Python packages.
* A publication record appropriate to your career stage.
Please demonstrate in your application how you meet these essential criteria, as detailed in the Candidate Information document available on our website.
Salary: £39,222 to £43,605 per annum
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