Research Engineer Position in Genomics and Bioinformatics

Research Engineer Position in Genomics and Bioinformatics

Institut Pasteur

Paris, France

Role:

The Molecular Diversity of Microbes team at the Pasteur Institute with the Innate immunity in Physiology and Cancer team at the Curie Institute are recruiting a research engineer.

The teams are developing methods and tools to explore and understand immunity across domains of life, from genomics to experimental work in various model organisms.

The role of the engineer will be to consolidate, update, and maintain the in-house database of genomes, as well as the tools developed to interact with it. In addition, the candidate will be responsible for the maintenance of DefenseFinder, the state-of-the-art and highly used software to detect defense systems in bacterial genome developed by the lab.

In collaboration with developers from the hub, the candidate will help develop web interfaces between the in-house database and experimentalist, external collaborators, or the public. These interfaces will be key in helping experimentalists explore bioinformatics results to prioritize their candidates for further experimental validation.

Degree:

• Master degree in computer science, computational biology, bioinformatics or similar.

Relevant skills:

Hard skills:

• Python programming;
• Bash programming;
• Familiarity with genomic data;
• Notions of algorithmics;
• Experience with back or front-end web development is a plus.

Soft skills:

• team spirit;
• ease in communication;
• multitasking;
• problem-solving ability and effective time management;
• ability to work in autonomy on different projects.