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Opportunity: Sequencing Informatics -- Senior Bioinformatics Developer @ Wellcome Sanger Institute -- Hinxton/Cambridge, UK
Submitted by Sam Bowker; posted on Thursday, June 03, 2021
DESCRIPTION
The Opportunity:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Developer with Bioinformatics experience to join the Sequencing Informatics Group at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. You will be join a team working to add value to our DNA Pipelines data products and will support the delivery and integration of informatics pipelines wrapping or adapting existing pipelines to work in our high throughput environment.
This is a customer-facing role and you will be responsible for fulfilling the customer requirements to agree pipelines that are both useful to them and practical for Sequencing Informatics to run.
About the Team:
The Sequencing Informatics group ensures that the harvesting, storage and analysis of DNA sequence information at the Sanger Institute is as swift and efficient as possible. To do this the team develops software to support the high-throughput data production activities of the DNA Pipelines Operations teams.
About You:
The role will require experience of creating, amending and running bioinformatics/sequencing analysis pipelines using standard Bioinformatics pipleines such as Nextflow, Snakemake and Cromwell. The role also requires using, creating and amending QC in these pipelines. You will be able to programme in Python and/or Perl, able to reproduce example analysis and be comfortable in using shell, using batch processing systems, and using cloud compute.
Working with customers to agree pipelines which are both useful to them and practical for DNAP to run is essential to this role, therefore you must be comfortable with engaging with people across all levels and through all channels of communication (e-mail, face-to-face). You will be a logical and analytical thinker, able to plan, organise and schedule your own workload in line with priorities, working quickly to solve problems but ensuring quality and accuracy is maintained. You will also be someone who is keen to help others and willing to share information and improved ways of working in a team setting.
REQUIREMENTS
Technical:
- Experience of creating, amending and running bioinformatics/sequencing analysis pipelines
- Experience of programming in Python and/or Perl
- Experience of using standard Bioinformatics pipeline frameworks e.g. NextFlow, SnakeMake, Cromwell
- Experience of using, and creating or amending, QC in such pipelines
- Comfortable using the shell, using batch processing systems, and using cloud compute
- Able to produce reproducible example analysis and reporting e.g. Jupyter notebook use
Skills and Attributes:
- Self-motivated with the ability to work in an independent manner under minimal supervision - capable of day-to-day direction of one's own research.
- Ability to work well within a team: keen to engage with tasks to help others, and to both take, assess and apply feedback from other team members, and to provide constructive feedback to others (most often by reviewing pull requests).
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisation and problem-solving skills
- Inclusive, personal and emphatic
- Logical and analytical thinker
- Able to work effectively ensuring customer satisfaction within agreed timelines
- Comfortable engaging with customers, either remotely or face-to-face
COMPENSATION
Our Benefits:
There's an attractive benefits package on offer at the Wellcome Genome Campus. We appreciate the importance of achieving work-life balance and support this with a number of family and carer-friendly policies. Plus a flexible working policy for those who may wish to amend their working pattern or arrangement.
As well as the usual benefits you would expect, we go much further:
- 25 days annual leave (extra 1 day to a maximum of 30 days for every year you work)
- Auto-enrolment into a generous Group Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, with enhanced company contribution (for more information, see our Pensions page)
- Up to 2 days annual paid volunteering leave
- Up to 10 days paid Emergency Carers Leave per year
- Family friendly environment including options for flexible and part-time working, an on-site Workplace Nursery salary Sacrifice Schemes for pre-school children and Summer holiday club
- Life Assurance is accessible on day 1 for all
- Group Income Protection Scheme (if on a contract exceeding 12 months)
- Enhanced maternity, parental and adoption leave
- Access to substantial number of courses and training events onsite
- Private Healthcare Scheme
- Eyecare and Dental payment plans
- Concessions and discounts from our corporate perks site
Being part of the Wellcome Genome Campus you will be part of the beautiful working environment with an impressive range of benefits, services and facilities also including:
- Free bus service to and from Campus, covering various routes around Cambridge, Saffron Walden and surrounding villages
- A car-share initiative
- Free parking
- A number of on-site venues where you can meet, eat and socialise with colleagues
- A thriving Sports and Social Club which provides members with subsidised access to a gym, tennis courts, sports hall, fitness classes and a vibrant social calendar of events
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Flexible Working:
We appreciate the importance of achieving a healthy work-life balance and support this with a number of benefits, including a flexible working policy for those who may wish to apply to amend their working pattern or arrangement. We welcome applications for this position that are looking for flexible working, such as flexible start and finish times, and equal consideration will be given to individuals regardless of their working preferences.
DEADLINE
Closing date: 27 June 2021
ABOUT US
The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a world leading genomics research centre. Our findings are used to improve health and to understand life on Earth.
POLICY
In 2020 we were awarded an Athena SWAN Silver Award. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.
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