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    Ensembl Plants Senior Bioinformatician - Hinxton, United Kingdom - Embl-Ebi

    Embl-Ebi
    Embl-Ebi Hinxton, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Your role

    As a senior bioinformatician in the Ensembl Plants team you will:

  • Coordinate production activities and delivery of processed data as part of the Ensembl release cycle
  • Maintain and develop our databases, pipelines and documentation
  • Develop software solutions to increase automation, reliability and scalability of our data processing pipelines and workflows
  • Assist the Metazoa and Plants Project Leader in making technical decisions for the project
  • Provide technical leadership and mentor less-experienced team members
  • Contribute to developing and emerging data standards, particularly in the area of pan-genomes
  • Represent EMBL-EBI and interact with collaborators, researchers, data generators and user communities

    • Closing date: 19 May 2024

  • Contract duration: 2 years (Project based contract)
  • Grading: Grade 6 (Monthly salary starting at £3,456 after tax) + Other paid benefits and allowances based on circumstances
  • Reference number: EBI02237

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    You have

  • A post-graduate degree in bioinformatics, biology, computer science or a related field or equivalent professional experience
  • At least four years' experience working in a production bioinformatics environment
  • A high degree of proficiency in at least one dynamic programming language e.g. Python or Perl
  • Experience with Unix/Linux
  • Experience delivering projects or analyses with multiple components
  • Practical experience working with relational Database platforms (e.g. MySQL, Postgres)
  • The ability to understand, write and maintain complex code
  • Experience working with genome analysis tools
  • Excellent English communication skills; written and verbal, both to facilitate effective internal communications as well as with external collaborators and users
  • Excellent attention to detail, well-developed problem-solving skills and work well as part of a team
  • The desire to work in an inclusive, international environment

    • You might also have

  • Experience with workflow systems (e.g. Nextflow)
  • Experience working with the Ensembl platform
  • Experience in professional software development as part of a collaborative team
  • Experience of working in plant genomics
  • Experience in project management
  • Experience working in a cluster compute environment
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