Bioinformatician (Structural Biology)

Location: Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; hybrid working arrangements

Salary: £3,303–£3,695 per month after tax, depending on relevant experience, excluding personal pension and insurance contributions.

Company

hirify.global-EBI is a research institute providing global biological databases, tools, and services for the storage, analysis, and dissemination of large biological datasets.

What you will do

• Design and implement data integration pipelines connecting molecular dynamics data with PDBe, UniProt, PDBe-KB, and other life science resources.
• Develop AI and machine learning approaches to extract experimental and biological metadata from scientific literature.
• Extend and maintain the SIFTS infrastructure to integrate molecular dynamics and other biological data resources.
• Develop software tools, APIs, workflows, documentation, and annotations supporting FAIR data access and interoperability.
• Collaborate with domain experts, software engineers, data providers, and international partners across research infrastructure and industry.
• Contribute to standardisation, community standards, training, outreach, and dissemination activities.

Requirements

• PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, structural biology, computer science, data science, or a related field.
• Familiarity with structural biology and molecular simulation data, including protein sequence, structure, and functional annotations.
• Experience with NLP or LLM-based scientific literature mining.
• Experience with FAIR data principles, metadata standards, and scientific repositories.
• Experience in scientific software development, preferably with Python, plus Linux, Git, and CI/CD practices.
• Relevant scientific publications and strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• Postdoctoral research experience in a relevant field.
• Experience with graph databases such as Neo4j, REST APIs, containerisation, or workflow systems such as Nextflow.
• Experience in data visualisation, analysis, scientific reporting, and presentations.
• Experience working in international and interdisciplinary teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Three-year grant-based contract with a possibility of a one-year extension.
• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working patterns.
• Private medical insurance, pension scheme, and family, child, and non-resident allowances.
• Thirty days of annual leave in addition to public holidays.
• Relocation package with an installation grant if required.
• Campus facilities including shuttle transport, library, gym, cafeteria, nursery, and sports and social clubs.
• International applicants may receive visa exemptions and additional support for education and travel.

Hiring process

• Submit an up-to-date CV and a supporting cover letter describing motivation and relevant transferable skills.
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and may close early if a suitable candidate is identified.