Bioinformatics Pipeline Engineer

About Syngenta

At Syngenta Group, we're a global community of 56,000 innovators across 90 countries, united by a 250-year legacy of agricultural excellence. As the world's most local agricultural technology partner, we create tailor-made solutions that transform farming while protecting our planet, driven by our commitment to innovation, ethics, and integrity. Through our inclusive environment and diverse perspectives, we pioneer breakthrough solutions for farmers, society, and future generations. Join our worldwide teams of agricultural pioneers in creating a more resilient and equitable food system for all. 

At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta’s Bioinformatics Platform is seeking a Bioinformatics Pipeline Engineer in the UK. This role will support the delivery of production grade Bioinformatics products by developing well-engineered Bioinformatics Pipelines which generate FAIR data and designing, developing, and maintaining standards. This will ensure alignment across different R&D functions and sciences, including Genomics, Metabarcoding, Transcriptomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics.

Accountabilities

• Being accountable for the design and development of scalable Nextflow pipelines, either through direct development or by guiding third-party implementations, ensuring automated testing and quality control measures
• Establish and govern pipeline development standards, best practices, and documentation across R&D
• Manage pipeline infrastructure, including versioning, deployment processes, and compatibility across compute environments
• Provide technical leadership in pipeline architecture and design, code reviews, and technical guidance to both internal teams and third-party developers
• Collaborate with scientists, business analysts and engineers to gather requirements and architect efficient pipeline solutions, coordinating implementation with internal teams or external partners

Required Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science, Bioinformatics or related field
• 3+ years of hands-on experience of engineering
• Strong software engineering foundation including version control, automated testing, containerization (Docker/Singularity), scripting (Python, R, Shell), monitoring and observability tools, Agile methodologies
• Experience in designing and developing production-grade ETL pipelines
• Demonstrated experience with cloud computing platforms (preferably AWS) and HPC environments, including performance optimization and resource management
• Proven track record in setting up processes and engineering decision making

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in life sciences, working with biologists or chemists
• Experience in Bioimnformatics domain, Nextflow and NF core

Jealott's Hill International Research Centre UK is situated in pleasant semi-rural surroundings between Bracknell and Maidenhead and is the place of work for approximately 800 Syngenta scientists and support staff.  Jealott’s Hill is one of the main global research and development sites and key activities include research into discovery of new active ingredients, new formulation technologies, product safety and technical support of our product range.

What We Offer

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members
• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday plus 8 UK bank holidays
• 36-hour working week

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