Bioinformatics Engineer - keen to make a meaningful impact?

Are you a Bioinformatics Engineer seeking a role where your expertise can make an extraordinary impact? Then this is the role for you!

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and enthusiastic environment, whilst delivering critical support to drug discovery projects. Join a place built on innovation and creativity. We harness digital, data science & AI to fast-forward our research. Making sure work born in a lab can make a real difference. Every day, impacting patients' lives across the world.

You'll be part of Data Sciences & Quantitative Biology - a delivery focused department where we collaborate to support drug projects striving to impact patients' lives. In partnership with our experimentalist colleagues, we provide computational analysis and solutions to enable and improve output from our technical platforms driving our drug discovery efforts.

What you'll do:

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Work closely with various partners across the company as well as AstraZeneca IT on bioinformatics and software development projects
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Impact, prototype and build analytical pipelines for identifying novel drug targets
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Develop customized data visualization and analysis tools
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Build relationships with effective communication between computational biologists and partners across the company
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Ensure scientific and technical excellence in software, processes, and results

Essential for the role
We believe you are a skilled programmer with a proven track record of delivering analytical solutions for business or academic needs. Your ability to convert details into holistic information by collaborating with colleagues, as well as customers will be of great importance.

We expect you to have:

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MSc in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or another quantitative degree with strong Computer Science, Software development or Data Science fundamentals
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Experience with Python (Pandas, Jupyter, Dash) and R (Bioconductor, RMarkdown, Shiny) ecosystems
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Knowledge of open source bioinformatics tools and algorithms
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Proficiency in working in a Linux environment, experience with Git, shell scripting and standard command line tools
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Experience with JavaScript and frontend frameworks (Vue, React, D3)
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Experience with SQL and NoSQL (Postgres, Elasticsearch, etc)

Desirable for the role

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Familiarity with tools for reproducible research such as Snakemake
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Experience with CI/CD, container technologies (Docker/Singularity) and Cloud Computing

Why AstraZeneca in Gothenburg?
At AstraZeneca we work together across global boundaries to make an impact and find answers to challenges. We do this with the upmost integrity even in the most difficult situations because we are committed to doing the right thing. We continuously forge partnerships that help pursue world-class medicines in new ways, combining our people's exceptional skills with those of people from all over the globe.

You can ask anybody who has ever set foot here - our Gothenburg site has a vibrant culture that pulls you in! It is a mix of both local and international talent. We welcome the contribution of people from all backgrounds, beliefs and walks of life.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits, such as extra paid Holiday, Private Medical Benefit, on-site Work Out and much, much more.

So, what's next!
If you're curious to know more, please connect with Petr Volkov via +4631 776 14 78 or petr.volkov@astrazeneca.com.

We welcome your application, no later than November 19th, 2021.

Where can I find out more?

Our Gothenburg site: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/sweden

Life in Gothenburg: https://www.movetogothenburg.com/

Inclusion & Diversity at AstraZeneca: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/inclusion-diversity

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