Bioinformatician - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Wellcome Sanger Institute

Wellcome Sanger Institute
Wellcome Sanger Institute
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Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.


We have an excellent opportunity for a
Bioinformatician to work with scientists, technicians, and software developers supporting large-scale scientific projects within the Cellular Informatics Team at Wellcome Sanger Institute on a 12 month Contract (will consider as a possible Internal secondment opportunity).


Perhaps you are a bioinformatician who wishes to broaden your knowledge of good software development practices? Alternatively, you are a software developer with a burgeoning interest in genetics? Either way, if you are enthusiastic about both science and software engineering, then this might be a suitable position.


About the role:

You will support Cellular Operations' laboratory and faculty teams. Cellular Operations have recently been engaged with the SGE (saturation genome editing) project. This involves making tens of thousands of unique edits to genetic sequences. Designing and tracking these edits manually would not be feasible. Cellular Informatics has worked with them to create pipelines to automate this task.

The role will involve;

  • Understanding both the science and the lab practices to a sufficient degree that they can work with the rest of the team to automate these processes in software where possible.
  • Having a broad understanding of the methods and tools available to those making bioinformatics software and be able to advise the team on how best to use them to produce software to meet the needs of Cellular Operations.
  • Contributing to the writing of such software in a disciplined and professional manner.

About us:


The Cellular Informatics team that is part of a broader Pipeline Solutions unit, which consists of a broad group of software developers, bioinformaticians, and data scientists.

We operate a hybrid working pattern with 2 days in the office and the rest working from home. Bioinformaticians can fulfil the majority of their roles working from home.

We are very supportive in getting the equipment and access you will need to make the best of your career at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

We provide opportunities for you to professionally grow and develop through a generous dedicated training budget. We also provide space for you to explore your long-term opportunities through our trained coaches and mentors program.


Essential Technical skills:


  • Knowledge of genomics (or willingness to learn) sufficient to communicate confidently with both scientists and lab technicians.
  • Competence in modern software development processes maintainable code, version control, testing, and appropriate documentation.
  • Broad knowledge of bioinformatics techniques and software libraries.

Competencies and Behaviours:


  • Demonstrate an interest in people and desire to communicate in spoken and written forms.
  • Ability to deliver components by cocreating value with the stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to follow agreed design standards and principles.
  • Highly developed analytical and problemsolving skills.

Application Process:


The selection process stages will be; 30 minute initial interview over zoom, a small coding exercise to complete at home, and then finally a 2 hour interview and pairing exercise.


If shortlisted and selected you will be given the opportunity to get to know us better, by meeting the team or having an extended chat with a manager.


Other Information:


Salary range:
£35,849 - £41,000 (dependant on skills and experience)


Contract Type: 12 months Contract. Will consider as secondment opportunity for internal employees.


Closing Date: 16th Nov 2023


Working at Wellcome Sanger:

Our flexible-hybrid working environment is designed to support a healthy work-life balance.

This means you can work flexibly with a combination of working from home, and working from our Campus to allow you to focus on being productive and part of the team while enjoying the benefits of working flexibly.


We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world.

We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness.

The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.


We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

That's why we're committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute.

We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.


Our Benefits:

We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme.

The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.

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