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 are seeking a Senior Bioinformatician to join the Human Genetics Informatics (HGI) team at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. HGI is the development team responsible for providing efficient access to cutting-edge analysis methods for Human Genetics faculty groups at the Sanger Institute. The position is fixed term for 2 years.
You will be responsible for:
This role will involve working as part of the HGI team to deliver and optimise biological pipelines producing data for further analysis by human genetics faculty research groups. Key post holder responsibilities will be
About You:
As part of the HGI team, you will have access to Sanger's world-class computational resources, including an OpenStack private cloud environment, a 15000+ core computational cluster and many petabytes of high-speed distributed file systems and object stores. You will be expected to work both independently and closely with colleagues to develop, debug, and optimize their code; and to be comfortable communicating directly with scientific researchers regarding analysis requirements. Recent graduates or current students in their final year are also encouraged to apply, although it is strongly desirable that any candidate has substantial development experience outside of coursework (e.g. work experience, participation in open source projects or the pursuit of personal coding projects).
For any position related questions please contact Vivek Iyer (vvi@sanger.ac.uk)
Other Information:
Salary per annum: £43,597-£51,794 - dependent upon skills and experience.
Application Process:
Please apply with your CV (ideally 2-3 pages at most) and a cover letter outlining:
Closing Date: 26th October 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.
We are a world-leading genomics research institute. Our work helps improve human health and understand life on Earth.
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