Bioinformatics Pipeline Engineer
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17 hours ago
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Job Summary
At Syngenta our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers success. To support this mission Syngentas Bioinformatics Platform is seeking a Bioinformatics Pipeline Engineer in the UK. This role will support the delivery of production grade Bioinformatics products by developing well-engineered Bioinformatics Pipelines which generate FAIR data and designing developing and maintaining standards. This will ensure alignment across different R&D functions and sciences including Genomics Metabarcoding Transcriptomics Proteomics and Metabolomics.
Accountabilities
- Being accountable for the design and development of scalable Nextflow pipelines either through direct development or by guiding third-party implementations ensuring automated testing and quality control measures
- Establish and govern pipeline development standards best practices and documentation across R&D
- Manage pipeline infrastructure including versioning deployment processes and compatibility across compute environments
- Provide technical leadership in pipeline architecture and design code reviews and technical guidance to both internal teams and third-party developers
- Collaborate with scientists business analysts and engineers to gather requirements and architect efficient pipeline solutions coordinating implementation with internal teams or external partners
Qualifications :
Required Qualifications
- BSc/MSc in Engineering Computer Science Bioinformatics or related field
- 3 years of hands-on experience of engineering
- Strong software engineering foundation including version control automated testing containerization (Docker/Singularity) scripting (Python R Shell) monitoring and observability tools Agile methodologies
- Experience in designing and developing production-grade ETL pipelines
- Demonstrated experience with cloud computing platforms (preferably AWS) and HPC environments including performance optimization and resource management
- Proven track record in setting up processes and engineering decision making
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in life sciences working with biologists or chemists
- Experience in Bioimnformatics domain Nextflow and NF core
Additional Information :
Jealotts Hill International Research Centre UK is situated in pleasant semi-rural surroundings between Bracknell and Maidenhead and is the place of work for approximately 800 Syngenta scientists and support staff. Jealotts Hill is one of the main global research and development sites and key activities include research into discovery of new active ingredients new formulation technologies product safety and technical support of our product range.
What We Offer
- A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion promotes professional development and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members
- Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme bonus scheme private medical & life insurance
- Up to 31.5 days annual holiday plus 8 UK bank holidays
- 36-hour working week
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- Build Automation
- S3
- ASME Codes & Standards
- Redshift
- Spark
- CI/CD
- Kafka
- Scala
About Company
To help feed 10 billion people while reducing emissions and improve biodiversity. This is our mission as the global agriculture technology leader. With 59,000 employees in more than 100 countries and hundreds of thousands of agricultural partners worldwide, we are committed to transfo ... View more
