About the role
The Ellison Institute of Technology's Plant Biology Institute (led by Prof Steve Kelly) is hiring a Bioinformatics Engineer to build computational infrastructure for plant science research. Responsibilities include developing and managing bioinformatics data/pipeline infrastructure, designing scalable Nextflow pipelines for omics data, building production-grade ETL processes to integrate multi-source data, implementing pipeline monitoring and optimization, and collaborating with bioinformaticians and systems administrators.
Requirements include a BSc/MSc in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or a related field, proven pipeline development experience, strong production-quality programming skills, experience with large genomic/transcriptomic/phenotyping datasets, and familiarity with bioinformatics file formats and workflow managers like Nextflow or Snakemake. This is a full-time, permanent position requiring the right to work in the UK.
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