Flexible and hybrid working options, London, UK

Your chance to get involved in an exciting early-stage biotechnology venture and make a real impact!

The Team:

The Software and Informatics team are a multidisciplinary group consisting of data engineering, software development, DevOps, and machine learning experts whose work supports internal research and development as well as forming the core components of or commercial products. Ultimately the team builds software that sorts, analyses and displays DNA sequencing and methylation data, which encompasses a wide range of technologies:

• Cloud-based storage
• Advanced database systems and data structures
• Automated analysis and machine learning
• Complex display and UI
• Data annotation and interfacing with external scientific data sources

The Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for a Bioinformatician that enjoys external contact and wants to work with our early adopting customers helping them get the most out of CEGX’s analysis tools. The role will place the incumbent at the boundary between our core software development team and the users, acting as a bridge between biology and informatics. You can expect to be building tools, dashboards and supporting product development activities, as well speaking directly to our clients to help them get the most out of their experiments. This is a diverse role, that would suit someone who has a strong biology background, but who has moved into statistics, data analysis and informatics and loves big data biology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, execution and analysis of experiments to interpret and evaluate the outputs of our data processing pipelines.
• Liaise with customers to help understand their requirements and communicate them to our developers and product development scientists
• Develop new methodologies for the analysis of data generated by our proprietary technology and assessment of new third-party methods.

The Person:

We appreciate the Bioinformaticians come from varied academic backgrounds but all share their passion of developing powerful tools to drive the understanding of genomic data, and hence are open to the nature of your education subject. The ideal candidate will have:

Essential Skills:

• Advanced degree (MSc or PhD) or commensurate experience in biological subject area, with a strong focus on informatics and data analysis.
• Experience of at least one of the programming languages commonly used in data science and scientific programming (such as Python, R, or Julia).
• Experience analysing high throughput genomic datasets such as RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, or WGBS.
• Experience with genomic-specific computational workflow platforms (such as DNANexus or NextFlow).

• Competent using Unix–based operating systems, associated technologies and data management tools.
• Strong team player with experience working in a collaborative environment (academic or industry).
• Enjoy working as part of a fast-moving and results-oriented business where delivery against deadlines is critical.
• Ability to communicate complex topics appropriately to an array of different backgrounds and audiences.

Nice to haves:

• Expertise in software development best practices (version control, code review, pair programming, agile/scrum, testing, etc.)
• Experience using and deploying systems on cloud platforms (such as GCP or AWS).
• Good knowledge of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, database systems).
• Experience developing software to support AI/ML or Data Visualisation applications.
• Understanding of Epigenomics, Cancer Biology, Cancer Epigenomics/Genomics Field, Immunology.

We are looking for a number of individuals to join the team over the next 3-6 months and are happy to speak to early career candidates with less than 1-2 years’ experience as well as senior or veteran informaticians who want to join a company where they have more ownership and autonomy in their work.

As a small start-up organisation, with aggressive growth targets for 2022, CEGX will be able to offer great career opportunities for innovative individuals willing to take ownership.

• Annual bonus scheme
• Health and Life Insurance
• Flexible/hybrid working conditions
• Enhanced annual leave
• Enhanced parental leave
• 10% pension contribution