Bioinformatics Engineer (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds & London)
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Overview
Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all. Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research. We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.
Job Description
We are seeking a Bioinformatics Engineer that will be based in the Genomics England Platform DSS squad. As a Bioinformatics Engineer within the Interpretation Platform, the squad plays a pivotal and vital role in developing and advancing the data platform underpinning our user facing decision support system. Built on AWS services and bespoke Python software, the product supports the data life cycle and integration of data from our Bioinformatics Pipelines and other scientific databases, which powers the cancer and rare disease interpretation decision support front ends. This is a role for someone that loves solving problems in an environment of complex data, making that data accessible at speed, to enable the analysis and interpretation for the purposes of diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of rare disease and cancer.
Responsibilities
* Produce high-quality code for high throughput sequencing data analysis, genome analysis and interpretation.
* Contribute to all testing and deployment stages up to the production environment.
* Contribute to discovery tasks during the initial phase of new developments and inform the final software design.
* Write documentation that records decisions, designs, tests, results, and enables full traceability of processes.
* Be a proactive member of a squad, adopting agile practices and providing subject matter expertise.
* Ensure adherence to the standards and accreditations required for both clinical laboratory practice and software delivery.
Skills & Experience for Success
* Excellent Python coding skillset.
* Solid skillset in Bioinformatics, understanding standards, data formats and toolchains used in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and clinical genomics.
* Familiarity with NGS tertiary annotation tools and databases.
* Proficient in Linux, Git, Postgres (or similar RDBMs).
* Solid expertise of developing production-quality algorithms and software to analyse large datasets.
* Excellent technical writing skills.
* Experience of working in agile environments and demonstrable effectiveness in agile squads.
* Experience in building code using CI/CD.
Desirable skills/experience
* Experience working with AWS serverless technologies including Lambda, Step Functions, S3.
* Experience working with containerised applications (Docker).
Qualifications
* MSc equivalent or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Bioinformatics or equivalent experience.
Additional Information
* Salary from: £56,000
* Closing date for applications – Thursday 18th September.
* Benefits include generous leave, blended working arrangements, pension, life assurance, learning budgets, recognition programs, health & wellbeing benefits, and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
EEO and Company Policy
Genomics England is committed to providing an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background. Genomics England does not tolerate discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work.
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