Bioinformatician

Location: Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; hybrid working with a minimum of two days on site each week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Salary: From £3,452.05 per month after tax, excluding personal pension and insurance contributions.

Company

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

What you will do

• Maintain microbial genomes and annotations in Enshirify.global Microbes, including loading new annotations and resolving data issues.
• Coordinate releases in collaboration with Enshirify.global subteams.
• Assess microbial genome annotation tools and contribute to functional annotation pipelines.
• Design, build, and test technical solutions that improve data and workflow efficiency.
• Create documentation, contribute to code reviews and meetings, and collaborate with internal and external research groups.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in bioinformatics, biology, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of prokaryotic and/or microbial eukaryotic biology.
• Strong Python skills and experience writing production-quality code.
• Experience building computational pipelines with Nextflow, Snakemake, or similar tools.
• Experience with relational databases, UNIX/Linux, HPC or cloud environments, genome analysis tools, and formats such as FASTA and GFF3.
• Excellent spoken and written English, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Nice to have

• Experience with Enshirify.global, genome browsers, large-scale biological datasets, or production services.
• Experience with Apache Parquet.
• Experience applying AI/ML to quality control or genome annotation.

Culture & Benefits

• Three-year contract in a collaborative, international research environment.
• Hybrid working arrangements with a dedicated desk on site.
• Private medical insurance, pension scheme, insurance coverage, and family-related financial allowances.
• Thirty days of annual leave plus public holidays.
• Relocation package including an installation grant, where required, with additional benefits for non-UK residents.
• Campus facilities including a shuttle bus, library, gym, cafeteria, nursery, and sports and social clubs.

Hiring process

• Submit an up-to-date CV and a supporting cover letter; both documents are required.
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and may close early if a suitable candidate is identified.
• Panel interviews are expected to take place remotely during the week commencing 19 October 2026.