Bioinformatician

vor 6 Monaten


Heidelberg, Deutschland European Molecular Biology Laboratory Vollzeit

Scientific Services and Support
- EMBL Heidelberg

You have

Ideally, a PhD in computational biology or a related field with a strong focus on bioinformatics and sequencing data analysis
- advanced programming skills, ideally including R, Python, Unix/Bash
- strong interest and experience in biological data analysis and scientific software development
- experience in setting up bioinformatics services and computational workflows for large-scale multi-omics data sets using software pipelines in an HPC or cloud environment
- experience in (meta-) data management, data transfer technologies, database technologies, and data integration
- the desire to support and assist biological researchers in their bioinformatics analysis
- the ability to integrate tools into pipelines and workflows and optimize their interoperability, efficiency, usability and portability
- the desire to teach into workshops and courses on data analysis of -omics data

You might also have
- knowledge of web software development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and web server administration
- interest in data science and AI technologies
- experience with SQL, API design and light front-end development (Django / Vue / Flask or equivalent)
- experience with cloud infrastructure and technologies (S3 storage, Kubernetes)

Why join us

EMBL is curiosity-driven, community-oriented and international. As an inclusive, equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity enables us to collaborate more effectively and be innovative in our approaches.

EMBL offers attractive conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research organisation with a very collegial and family-friendly working environment. Competitive salary and social security benefits, financial support for relocation, a relaxed culture, professional development, an on-site nursery, canteen and other staff facilities make EMBL a great place to work.

What else you need to know

We are Europe’s research laboratory for the life sciences - an intergovernmental organisation performing scientific research in disciplines including molecular biology, physics, chemistry and computer science. We are an international, innovative and interdisciplinary laboratory with more than 1900 employees from many nations, operating across six sites, in Heidelberg (HQ), Barcelona, Hinxton near Cambridge, Hamburg, Grenoble and Rome.

Please note that appointments on fixed-term contracts can be renewed, depending on circumstances at the time of the review, up to a maximum of 9 years.

EMBL is a signatory of DORA. Find out how we implement best practices in research assessment in our recruitment processes here.


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