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Bioinformatics Engineer - Services
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
3 years
Job description
A Bioinformatics Engineer role at Seqera focused on building reproducible scientific workflows with Nextflow and helping clients deploy pipelines on HPC and cloud infrastructure. The role combines bioinformatics pipeline development with customer-facing solution delivery and training.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Create robust and reproducible scientific workflows using Nextflow, making them available to customers to analyze and visualize data
- Develop and deliver solutions to increase adoption of Seqera products in the customer base
- Develop, deploy, and maintain cloud data infrastructures capable of processing data related to next-generation sequencing (NGS), imaging analysis, machine learning and related large datasets
- Understand the biological application and scientific needs underlying relevant scientific workflows
- Clearly communicate updates on services delivery, including project plans, requirements, deliverables, documentation, and training, through both writing and presentations
- Engage with customers on requirements, developing project deliverables and coordinating the execution of projects
- Train customers to use Seqera products
- Represent the voice of the customer and collaborate internally with content, research, and software development teams
What we're looking for
- Strong knowledge of the Nextflow language and the pipeline development approaches adopted by nf-core
- Experience with programming in languages such as Groovy, Python and R
- Ability to effectively communicate and clearly explain technology to different audiences, through code, writing, presentations and demos
- Use of AI for software development and scientific analysis
- Use of Git or other version control systems in a software development environment
- In-depth experience with analysis pipelines and algorithms for a variety of 'omics' data types, such as genomics, proteomics, metabolomics etc.
- Experience with HPC and public cloud (AWS, Google, Azure) architectures and a willingness to learn more
- A customer-oriented attitude, someone who enjoys working with others and helping find solutions
- Self-motivated and a proactive thinker – can work independently and in teams
- Great interpersonal and communication skills
- Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
- An eye for detail and well organized
- Creativity & curiosity across all solutions given to clients
Nice to have
- PhD in bioinformatics or a relevant field or Masters + 3 years experience
- 4+ years experience relevant to scientific workflows and software development
- Experience with orchestrated, and maintained data infrastructures and scalable pipelines for large datasets
- Solid track record of production level code in bioinformatics as evidenced by public code repositories, publications, contributions to open source
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About Seqera
Seqera is the company behind Nextflow and the Seqera Platform, enabling global enterprises, biotech innovators, academic institutions, and public sector organizations to scale complex data workflows. It is a global, remote-friendly team with headquarters in Barcelona and colleagues across the US, UK, and beyond.
Mission
Empower scientists and organizations to solve humanity's biggest challenges through data-driven science.
Key facts
- Barcelona
- Company behind Nextflow and the Seqera Platform
- Global, remote-friendly team with colleagues across the US, UK, and beyond