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Senior Bioinformatics Engineer - Pipeline Automation & Tool Development

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Senior Bioinformatics Engineer – Pipeline Automation & Tool Development

Location: Cambridge

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

TheSenior Bioinformatics Engineer – Pipeline Automation & Tool Developmentwill be responsible for developing efficient and high quality bioinformatic pipelines and data science software supporting the design, data processing, analysis, and reporting across Lonza R&D departments. They will be placed in the Bioinformatics & Data Science group and closely work with multi-disciplinary teams of bioinformaticians, lab scientists, biochemists and bioprocess engineers.

TheSenior Bioinformatics Engineer – Pipeline Automation & Tool Developmentwill further drive and implement innovative solutions enhancing Lonza’s capabilities in data science and statistics, with the goal to improve biomanufacturing of Biologics molecules. The role is also expected to manage collaborations and act as mentor for more junior team members.

What you’ll do:

  • Develop and maintain bioinformatic pipelines to facilitate complex data analysis and integration.

  • Supports onboarding and development of data analysis tools used by multidisciplinary teams across Lonza.

  • Drives digital innovation in biomanufacturing by enhancing data science, bioinformatics and statistical capabilities.

  • Manages internal and external collaborations with academic and commercial partners.

  • Leads, mentors and trains junior team members.

What we’re looking for:

  • PhD with at least 2 years of industry experience or MSc with 5 or more years of relevant experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, data science or a related field.

  • Hands-on experience in developing and implementing multiple Nextflow pipelines in a production system.

  • Excellent knowledge of Docker, git, the UNIX command line, R (or python) and unit/pipeline testing frameworks.

  • Minimum 2 years work experience in developing and rolling out GUI-based bioinformatic tools facilitating experimental design and analyses.

  • Proven ability to communicate complex bioinformatic concepts to stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams.

  • General expertise in analyzing and interpreting omics and other biological data sets using statistical and visualization approaches.

  • Good organizational skills, including time management, ability to set priorities and adhere to deadlines.

  • Strong attention to detail and problem solving skills.

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , , , , , , , status as a qualified individual with , protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


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