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Frankfurt am Main, Hessen
€60000 - €70000 per annum + BENEFITS

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SENIOR BIOINFORMATICIAN (m/f/d)

Frankfurt

60.000 € - 70.000 €

Join a growing Biostatistics team in Frankfurt! This is an opportunity to work on advanced analytics projects that improve current solutions and establish new ones. If you want to bring your own ideas and build up a new infrastructure this role as Bioinformatician will allow you to make an impact.

THE COMPANY

You will join a new team that is going to grow in the next few months. Parallel teams in other areas will give you the opportunity to share best practices and insights. The company actively encourages national and international knowledge sharing. You are going to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and are expected to embrace the culture of continuous learning in the company.

THE ROLE

As Senior member of the team, you will take ownership to develop new pipelines and workflows to improve access to and quality of data. You will work with large and diverse datasets primarily supporting the genetics team. It is expected that you lead company wide projects to align data quality and validity. Therefore, excellent communication skills and motivation to manage stakeholders is needed. You will set strategic direction and help develop new algorithms for biological datasets. Additionally, you will support the digital transformation of the company and represent biotechnology in meetings and cross-functional projects.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics
  • Expert knowledge of Python or R and SQL
  • Highly analytical thinking and very good knowledge of statistical methods
  • Experience working with multi-omic datasets
  • Ideally you will have processed large NGS datasets (RNA, WES)
  • Self-driven and independent way of working
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex subject matters

THE BENEFITS

  • Competitive Salary + Benefits
  • Joining a growing team with leadership and mentor opportunities
  • A company culture that encourages personal and professional growth
  • Work-life balance with the possibility to have flexible work hour arrangements
  • Engaged colleagues that love to work on innovative projects

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by applying through this page or get in touch with Judith to ask further questions.

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€60000 - €70000 per annum + BENEFITS
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