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# Research Data Engineer (91325)

- **Company:** Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- **Location:** Liverpool, UK
- **Salary:** £33,951.0 - £38,784.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, Bioinformatics, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Data Governance, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Data Processing, Information Technology, Recurrent Neural Networks
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5784591806

## About the Role

Given the multidisciplinary nature of the project we welcome applications from candidates who hold a post-graduate degree in a range of fields including Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Engineering and Genomics. Previous experience working with disease vector data is not essential and we encourage all applicants interested in large-scale data management, computational design and resource management, and genomics data to address important public health issues., * Post-graduate degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Engineering, Genomics; or fields alike

 * Experience of large-scale data management, including strong programming skills, ideally in Python
 * Experience with cloud computing environments or distributed computing platforms
 * Experience managing container-native workflows
 * Experience or knowledge of next generation sequencing technologies and bioinformatics (desirable)
 * Experience deploying data products on-premises, cloud, and/or hybrid setups (desirable)

## Description

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is recruiting a Research Data Engineer to support the curation of cloud-based genomic data and maintenance of computational resources for malaria vector research, surveillance, and control., Curate and optimise cloud-native genomic data resources

 * Curate large-scale genomic data resources related to malaria vectors.

 * Maintain quality through data and code management best practices.

 * Support the implementation of data standards, including access, sharing and governance compliance.

Build and maintain tools, resources and bioinformatic pipelines

 * Build, test and implement scalable genomic-based computational workflows and tools.

 * Contribute to the deployment and improvement of containerised code and computational environments to ensure analysis reproducibility.

 * Maintain computational resources to enable data processing.

Provide domain-specific technical support internally and externally

 * Write and improve internal technical documentation and user-focused resources to support best practices.

 * Support students and researchers working on similar topics, particularly in troubleshooting code, resolving bugs and issues to facilitate data use.

 * Contribute to workshops, hackathons and training to support partners and collaborators.

 * Generate ideas, data and code to support project technical improvements.


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