Your role
As a senior bioinformatician in the Ensembl Plants team you will:
1. Coordinate production activities and delivery of processed data as part of the Ensembl release cycle
2. Maintain and develop our databases, pipelines and documentation
3. Develop software solutions to increase automation, reliability and scalability of our data processing pipelines and workflows
4. Assist the Metazoa and Plants Project Leader in making technical decisions for the project
5. Provide technical leadership and mentor less-experienced team members
6. Contribute to developing and emerging data standards, particularly in the area of pan-genomes
7. Represent EMBL-EBI and interact with collaborators, researchers, data generators and user communities
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Closing date: 19 May 2024
8. Contract duration: 2 years (Project based contract)
9. Grading: Grade 6 (Monthly salary starting at £3,456 after tax) + Other paid benefits and allowances based on circumstances
10. Reference number: EBI02237
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You have
14. A post-graduate degree in bioinformatics, biology, computer science or a related field or equivalent professional experience
15. At least four years’ experience working in a production bioinformatics environment
16. A high degree of proficiency in at least one dynamic programming language e.g. Python or Perl
17. Experience with Unix/Linux
18. Experience delivering projects or analyses with multiple components
19. Practical experience working with relational Database platforms (e.g. MySQL, Postgres)
20. The ability to understand, write and maintain complex code
21. Experience working with genome analysis tools
22. Excellent English communication skills; written and verbal, both to facilitate effective internal communications as well as with external collaborators and users
23. Excellent attention to detail, well-developed problem-solving skills and work well as part of a team
24. The desire to work in an inclusive, international environment
You might also have
25. Experience with workflow systems (e.g. Nextflow)
26. Experience working with the Ensembl platform
27. Experience in professional software development as part of a collaborative team
28. Experience of working in plant genomics
29. Experience in project management
30. Experience working in a cluster compute environment