Bioinformatics Engineer

We are looking for a skilled Bioinformatics Engineer to work on our rare disease genome analysis pipeline. The pipeline utilises cutting-edge genomics techniques to analyse genomes generated by Illumina sequencing technology and provides insights on diagnosis for patients with rare diseases. This pipeline is a key component of the NHS WGS Genomic Medicine Service: this position offers a unique opportunity for a bioinformatics engineer to have real world positive impact for rare disease patients. Bioinformatics Engineers are software engineers with extensive experience in bioinformatics and areresponsiblefordevelopingandmaintainingsoftware tools and datasets used to solve a wide variety of bioinformatic needs. They are also responsible for the high quality and robustness of such tools following best practices during software design development and testing.As a Bioinformatics Engineer at Genomics England you willalso be required to follow and contribute to agile practices as well as to act as a subject-matter expert for bioinformatics. You will be supporting the continuous improvement of our practices collaborating and adhering to engineering standards. Everyday responsibilities include:Produce automated tests to validate existing and new code. Contribute to all testing and deployment stages up to the production environment. Produce high-quality code for high throughput sequencing data analysis genome analysis workflows and interpretation.Interact with domain experts during the lifecycle of projects to ensure the scientific validity of software products. Contributetodiscoverytasksduringtheinitialphaseofnewdevelopments and achieve understanding of early-stage decisions to inform final software design. Writedocumentationtoachieveanexhaustivelogofdecisionsdesigns . Beaproactivememberofasquadadoptingagilepractices and offering subject matter expertise.Ensureadherencetothevariousstandardsandaccreditationsrequiredfor both clinicallaboratorypracticeandsoftwaredelivery. Skills and experience for success: Experience in software testing strategies. Solid Python coding skillset.Solid skillset in Bioinformatics understanding of the standards data sources and tool chains used in NGS. Proficient in Linux and containerisation techniques (Docker Singularity). Proficient in collaborative software development practices (code reviews branching strategies).Excellent technical writing skills. Solidexpertiseofdevelopingproductionqualityalgorithmsandsoftwareto analyselargedatasets. Experience with CI/CD pipelines in a repository / version control system. Experience in building scientific workflows. Experience with Nextflowis highly desirable. Qualifications : MSc equivalent or higher in Software Engineering Computer Science Bioinformatics or equivalent experience.Additional Information : Salary from: 56000Closing date for applications Monday 3rd November.Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself but in order to support our people were continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals as well as offering a benefits package including: Generous Leave: 30 days holiday plus bank holidays additional leave for long service and the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements flexible working enhanced maternity paternity and shared parental leave benefits.Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10% however you can contribute more if you wish) Life Assurance (3x salary) and a Give As You Earn scheme.Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets support for training and certifications and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership a free Headspace account and access to an Employee Assistance Programme eye tests flu jabs.Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability ethnicity gender gender identity religion sexual orientation or social background. Genomics Englands policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people regardless of age disability gender identity or reassignment marital or civil partnership status being pregnant or recently becoming a parent race religion or beliefs sex or sexual orientation length of service whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.  Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination harassment victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary toour virtues undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity respect and integrity of all parties.  Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity. We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process we encourage you to discuss this with us. Blended working modelGenomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to however some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g. lab teams reception team. Our teams and squads have and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf Cambridge and Leeds.Onboarding background checksAs part of our recruitment process all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare. Remote Work : NoEmployment Type : Full-time Key Skills Concierge,Islamic Banking,Clinical,Asp.Net MVC Experience: years Vacancy: 1