Bioinformatics Engineer Lead
AstraZeneca

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Are you ready to apply your software development skills and engineering expertise within the Oncology Data Science Platform? We create software tools for image analysis applications used in Research and Develop for finding cures for cancer. AstraZeneca is a company that always follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines. If this sounds like a role you are excited about AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. A place built on courage, curiosity and collaboration - we make bold decisions driven by patient outcomes. Empowered to lead at every level, free to ask questions and take smart risks that write the next chapter for our pipeline and Oncology team. Make a meaningful impact that brings real benefits to society. By applying your knowledge of data, you will help to redefine our industry and ultimately save lives. Work with experts who share a common goal: to accelerate the potential of medicines and the science of tomorrow.

BUSINESS AREA

Be part of fulfilling our ambition to be world leaders in Oncology. We are already the fastest growing team within AstraZeneca and across the industry, and there are countless new indications and targets in our game-changing pipeline. We deliver this value through launch excellence, commercial effectiveness and maximising the lifecycle. By leveraging our commercialised portfolio, we are confident we can change the practice of medicine and redefine cancer treatment.

We're brave disruptors - entrepreneurial, courageous and pioneering in our approach. Here you have the opportunity to step up, take personal accountability and lead changes in our ever-evolving environment. With pace and drive, comes trust that we will get it done. Embrace the freedom to create and expand your horizons. Always backed and supported by pioneering leaders, this is the place to build a world-class career that's meaningful and rewarding. Here we're on a journey to becoming digitally enabled, to discover new ways of offering better solutions to our patients. Join the team with a vision to use data as a tool, to build a better, deeper, more personal understanding of the people we're helping. To ultimately deliver better outcomes for them - through dynamic omnichannel content, personal relationships and experience.

What you'll do

There is an exciting opportunity for a talented and motivated bioinformatics engineer, eager to bring NGS data together in new ways. In this role, you will:

• Develop, test, and support data analysis tools and pipelines for Omics.
• Build scalable (Cloud and HPC), robust, well tested solutions that work on tens of thousands of CPUs.
• Develop and maintain a in depth understanding of the scientific and technological domains supported by the NGS Informatics team.
• Design and apply innovative computational/statistical algorithms (including classic, statistical, ML, and AI techniques) to generate actionable biological insight from genomic data.
• Build and maintain high level of experience with team's software and IT technologies
• Collaborate with industry and academia, and exploit external resources, to find the most effective solutions to problems.

Essential skills and experience for the role

• Relevant graduate degree: Bioinformatics / Computational biology: Computer Science / Engineering
• Applied experience in genomics / bioinformatics and sequencing data analysis
• Solid programming skills in multiple programming languages. Python required
• Software development best practices
• Unix
• Databases (SQL)
• Cloud computing (AWS) and/ or HPC (High Performance Computing)

Desirable skills and experience for the role

• AWS
• An understanding of the contribution of bioinformatics to drug discovery.

Competitive salary package and benefits

Location: Cambridge UK, Gaithersburg US, Waltham, US, Munich, Barcelona

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We're on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what's next?

Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you.

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it's yours.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

AstraZeneca requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 but will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required by applicable law.

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