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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Bioinformatics Engineer/Developer - **Company:** Optima Partners - **Location:** Edinburgh, UK - **Salary:** £47,775.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Bioinformatics, Cloud Computing, Computational Biology, Information Engineering, Data Visualization, R (Programming Language), Revision Control Systems, Python (Programming Language), Population Genetics, Workflow Management Systems, Cloud Platform System, Git, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Software Coding, Software Version Control, Docker - **Published:** September 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5893282705 ## About the Role We are seeking a Bioinformatics Engineer / Developer with strong practical bioinformatics, workflow engineering and computational skills to support a variety of data-driven drug discovery projects. This role is suited to someone with a solid foundation in bioinformatics, genomics or computational biology who enjoys building reproducible analyses and scalable workflows., * MSc or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Statistical Genetics or a related field; a PhD is welcome but not required. * Practical coding skills in Python, R and bash, with an interest in writing clear, maintainable code. * Experience analysing genomic or omics datasets such as WGS, WES, variant data, RNA-seq or other sequencing data. * Exposure to workflow development or automation; Nextflow experience is preferred, with WDL, Snakemake or CWL also valuable. * Familiarity with HPC systems and/or cloud computing environments, or a strong interest in developing these skills. * Familiarity with version control tools such as Git, and an understanding of good documentation, testing and reproducibility practices. * Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to computational and scientific audiences. * Interest in working with secure research environments, trusted research environments or complex data infrastructures; prior experience is beneficial but not essential. * Exposure to containerisation tools such as Docker or Singularity would be advantageous. * Familiarity with population genetics or genomics concepts such as variant QC, population structure or association methods would be beneficial. * Interest in data engineering approaches, data visualisation, cloud infrastructure-as-code or communicating analytical results clearly. * Experience working in pharma, biotech or cross-functional scientific teams, including stakeholder or client-facing communication, would be beneficial. ## Description As part of bioXcelerate's delivery team, you will work closely with experienced statisticians, computational biologists and bioinformatics engineers internally, and may contribute to biotech or pharma client projects as part of a supported delivery team. You will be encouraged to learn from senior colleagues while contributing practical technical capability to high-quality scientific programmes. What you will be doing * Develop, maintain and improve bioinformatics workflows for genomic and omics datasets, with support from senior team members where appropriate. * Build reproducible analysis pipelines using workflow tools such as Nextflow, with exposure to WDL, Snakemake or CWL also valuable. * Analyse population genomics, multi-omics and sequencing datasets using Python, R and bash. * Contribute to robust, scalable pipelines suitable for HPC or cloud environments including AWS, GCP or Azure. * Work collaboratively with internal domain experts to deliver reliable analyses that support project decision-making. * Help prepare client-facing outputs, explain methods and contribute technical input to delivery work under guidance. * Follow and contribute to best practices for version control, documentation, testing and deployment. * Support data organisation, quality control and dataset management across projects. ## Related Videos - [Geometric deep learning for drug discovery](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/264-geometric-deep-learning-for-drug-discovery) - [Old tools, new tricks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1916-old-tools-new-tricks) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [MCP doesn’t suck — your agent does](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100202-mcp-doesn-t-suck-your-agent-does) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [7 Most Popular Web Developer Jobs in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/163-7-most-popular-web-developer-jobs-in-europe) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)