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We are currently recruiting for a 'Bioinformatics Engineer' on behalf of our partner. Explore the opportunity below and apply today if you meet the qualifications!
We are seeking a highly skilled Bioinformatics Engineer with strong expertise in Nextfl ow and 4+ years of relevant experience to design, develop, and maintain scalable genomics pipelines. This role will focus on building robust, reproducible, and high-performance workfl ows to support large-scale genomic data analysis in research and production environments.
Key Responsibilities:
● Design, develop, and optimize genomics workfl ows using Nextfl ow
● Build, deploy, and maintain pipelines for NGS data analysis, including WGS, WES, RNA-Seq, and related applications
● Integrate workfl ows with cloud platforms and high-performance computing (HPC) environments
● Ensure reproducibility, scalability, reliability, and performance of analytical pipelines
● Collaborate closely with bioinformatics, data science, and research teams to support project requirements
● Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize workfl ow execution and performance issues
● Develop and maintain technical documentation and workflow best practices
● Implement quality control, validation, and version control standards for pipelines
Minimum 3+ years of experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, or related fi elds
● Strong hands-on experience in developing and maintaining workfl ows using Nextfl ow
● Solid understanding of genomics and NGS data analysis methodologies
● Profi ciency in Linux/Unix environments and scripting using Bash and/or Python
● Working knowledge of version control systems and CI/CD practices (Git, GitHub/GitLab)
● Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker and Singularity
● Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and/or HPC systems
● Experience managing and analyzing large-scale genomic datasets
● Experience in building interactive dashboards for downstream analytics using R Shiny, Python (Streamlit), React, or similar platforms
● Exposure to nf-core pipelines and best practices
● Knowledge of alternative workfl ow languages such as CWL and WDL
● Prior experience in clinical, regulated, or production genomics environments is a plus
Skills Required
- 3+ years experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, or related fields
- Hands-on experience developing and maintaining workflows using Nextflow
- Solid understanding of genomics and NGS data analysis methodologies (WGS, WES, RNA-Seq)
- Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments and scripting with Bash and/or Python
- Working knowledge of version control systems and CI/CD practices (Git, GitHub/GitLab)
- Familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Singularity)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and/or HPC systems
- Experience managing and analyzing large-scale genomic datasets
- Experience building interactive dashboards for analytics (R Shiny, Streamlit, React, or similar)
- Exposure to nf-core pipelines and best practices
- Knowledge of alternative workflow languages such as CWL and WDL
- Prior experience in clinical, regulated, or production genomics environments
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