Bioinformatics Specialist

About Vitrolife Group

Vitrolife Group is a global provider of medical devices and genetic services. Our company is built on science and advanced research capabilities, enabling us to develop services and products for personalized genetic information and medical device products.

We support our customers by improving their clinical practice for the patient's outcome of a fertility treatment.

Our Mission

We aim to be the preferred partner for IVF clinics by providing superior products and services with the vision of fulfilling the dream of having a baby.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Bioinformatics Specialist to join our team in Valencia, Spain. As a Bioinformatics Specialist, you will be responsible for participating in the daily clinical bioinformatics workflow, including DNA-seq and RNA-seq data analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze clinical data for the validation of new Next Generation Sequencing tests.
• Assist with preparation of validation summaries of the new Next Generation Sequencing tests.
• Assist in developing analysis pipelines for Next Generation Sequencing tests.
• Collaborate effectively with teammates and technical partners.
• Communicate technical ideas and direction across the organization with a focus on problem solving.

Requirements

• Degree in computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
• R and/or Python programming skills.
• Experience in Linux, development of scripts and advanced use of the command line.
• Experience in analysis of NGS data.
• Experience with Illumina sequencing data.
• High level of spoken and written English.
• Familiarity with software engineering and algorithms.
• Preferentially located in Valencia (Spain).

Desirable Knowledge

• Familiarity with processing genotyping/variant calling, RNAseq/transcriptome analysis.
• Machine learning/deep learning.
• General software development principles.
• Containerisation e.g. Docker, Singularity.
• Git, GitHub and Gitflow.
• Reproductive health.