Bioinformatics Software Engineer
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Location
London
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Sector:
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Salary:
Negotiable
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Contact:
Janne Bate
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Contact email:
Janne.Bate@volt.eu.com
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Job ref:
75611-ITENG-JNB_1574422400
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Published:
over 4 years ago
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Expiry date:
2019-12-22
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Start date:
ASAP
We are looking for a Python developer who will be responsible for creating web applications and utilising programming skills for the interpretation of genetic data from large databases.
Requirements:
*Experience in designing and developing APIs and overall developing systems in a Service Oriented Architecture (essential)
*Work experience with Django framework (essential)
*Degree in computer science or software engineering (or equivalent experience)
*Proficiency in collaborative development tools such as GitHub, Confluence and JIRA
*Proficiency in JavaScript, Python and ideally Java
*Comfortable using high performance computing clusters (desirable)
*Ability to work independently and to show initiative within a team
*Ability to prioritise and balance competing demands
*Ability to communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team
*Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues
*Excellent attention to detail
*Post-graduate degree or equivalent work experience in bioinformatics
*Experience in the development of NGS analysis pipelines for large numbers of samples
*Experience in cloud computing
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and operating computational pipelines, working on complex projects and custom tasks that span a wide variety of analysis problems and developing and maintaining a knowledge base of variants and annotations.
*Develop services, databases and web applications for:
*Interpreting genomes
*Tracking and distributing interpretation requests
*Generating knowledge bases from the interpretation outcomes
*Assist with the deployment, maintenance and troubleshooting of computational pipelines for WGS processing and analysis
*Liaising with internal colleagues as needed to ensure the provision and smooth running of the computational pipelines for data processing and analysis.