Inselspital · Healthcare
Bioinformatician
- Development, validation, maintenance and troubleshooting of clinical NGS workflows for targeted panels, WES and WGS - from variant calling and annotation to quality control and data transfer
- Automation and optimisation of reproducible bioinformatics workflows using scripts, workflow management systems and containerised environments
- Development and maintenance of databases, quality metrics and monitoring tools for sequencing performance, workflows and metadata
- Further development of applications and user interfaces that facilitate access to sequencing data, quality metrics and variant annotations
- Integration and optimisation of laboratory workflows in sLIMS and ensuring data exchange between laboratory systems, instruments and bioinformatics pipelines in close interdisciplinary collaboration
- Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Good practical knowledge of Python, Linux and shell scripting as well as a basic understanding of high-throughput sequencing and the associated analysis workflows
- Enjoyment of complex technical challenges and a structured, reliable and independent way of working
- Eagerness to learn and motivation to further develop your expertise in clinical bioinformatics and NGS workflow engineering
- Good communication and teamwork skills as well as good command of German and English
- An advantage: experience with SQL, Nextflow, Snakemake, HPC environments, NGS analysis tools, Java or Groovy, clinical diagnostic workflows, Docker or Singularity
- Meaningful work that directly contributes to patient care in the growing field of precision medicine
- The opportunity to work with state-of-the-art technologies in a professional clinical environment with high quality standards
- An interdisciplinary and dynamic team with an open and collaborative culture
- Structured onboarding, professional guidance and opportunities to contribute new ideas and develop personally and professionally