Biological Data Scientist

Your role 

Your role involves conducting own independent research projects, engagement in scientific collaborations, as well as generic bioinformatics and data analysis support of the group. Research questions include, but are not limited to, microbial functional genomics, modelling metabolic interactions, and building predictive models of microbiome functions. Your tasks will include development and maintenance of bioinformatics software for different research projects, adaptation of existing code and pipelines, and providing programming and statistics support to the group members. The position involves large scale data handling from mass-spectrometry and sequencing experiments (metabolomics, proteomics, NGS), and establishing infrastructure and data management systems within the group and externally.

You have 

-a Ph.D. degree or equivalent working experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, or related subjects

-substantial experience in scientific computing and/or software development

-experience with large-scale data management and analysis

-advanced skills in a high level programming language (>2 years of experience)

-experience in data analysis, statistics and visualization, e.g. in Python, R or MatLab

-ability to work independently and in a team, and at the interface between life sciences and informatics

-willingness to learn new skills and programming languages as project require

-good communication, interpesonal and English language skills

You may also have

-Experience with metagenomics and metatranscriptomics analyses

-Familiarity with high-throughput sequencing, proteomics and/or metabolomics data acquisition and analysis

-Experience in multi-omics data integration

-Familiarity with genome-scale metabolic modelling

-Familiarity with machine learning methods and approaches

-Experience in mathematical modeling of dynamic systems (e.g. MatLab SimBiology, Python ModSimPy)

-Experience with compute clusters (e.g. SGE, slurm) and pipelines of batch jobs (e.g. Snakemake, Luigi)

-Dry- or wet-lab experience in microbial sciences or microbiome research

Contract length: 2 years

Salary: Grade 5 monthly salary from 4.031,02 EUR per month (after tax and before 12.99% EMBL social security deductions) plus other paid benefits.

Why join us

EMBL is curiosity-driven, community-oriented and international. As an inclusive, equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity enables us to collaborate more effectively and be innovative in our approaches. We are, therefore, committed to creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. 

We encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing team – we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and personal experiences reflect the diversity of the populations that our science serves. We actively encourage applications from all genders and cultures, ethnic groups and all demographics to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights at this transformational point in our people strategy.

Enjoy lots of benefits:

• Financial incentives: Salary free of income tax, Monthly family, child and non-resident allowances, annual salary review, pension scheme, death benefit, long-term care, accident-at-work and unemployment insurances

• Flexible working arrangements

• Private medical insurance for you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)

• Generous time off: 30 days annual leave per year, in addition to public holidays

• Relocation package including installation grant (if applicable)

• Campus life: Free shuttle bus (Heidelberg), library, subsidised on-site cafeteria, casual dress code, extensive sports and social club activities (on campus and remotely)

• Family benefits: Kindergarten (Heidelberg), 10 days of child sick leave, generous paid maternity/parental leave and monthly family & child allowances

• Benefits for international newcomers: Visa exemption, education grant for private schooling, financial support to travel back to your home country every second year and a monthly non-resident allowance.

• For detailed information please visit our employee benefits page here

What else you need to know

• International applicants: We recruit internationally and successful candidates are offered visa exemptions. Visit our International Applicants page, to find out more.

• EMBL is a signatory of DORA. Find out how we apply DORA principles to our recruitment and performance assessment processes here.

• Diversity and inclusion: At EMBL, we believe that diverse teams drive innovation and scientific excellence. We encourage applications from candidates of all genders, identities, nationalities and/or any other diverse backgrounds.

• How to apply: To apply please submit a cover letter and a CV through our online system. Applications will close at 23:59 CET on the date shown below. We aim to provide a response within two weeks after the closing date.

Closing Date