About the role
The Ellison Institute of Technology in Oxford is hiring a Forward Deployed Data Engineer to bridge core data systems with research projects spanning AI, robotics, biology, and pathogen surveillance. Responsibilities include building reproducible data pipelines across diverse biological data formats (tabular, LMDB/Arrow/HDF5, fastq/fasta, cif), deploying containerized workloads on Kubernetes, Slurm, Spark, or Ray, and promoting reproducibility and version-control best practices.
Candidates need strong Python skills, experience with distributed data systems, cloud platforms, and Linux, and a commitment to reproducible, well-documented data engineering. A scientific background in genomics or proteomics and familiarity with bioinformatics tools like Nextflow are valued. The role requires UK work rights and a hybrid schedule split across Oxford and London offices; applications close November 2, 2026.
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