Company Description Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments – with patients and participants at the heart of it all. Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research. We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody. Job Description Bioinformatics Engineers are software engineers with extensive experience in bioinformatics.  They are responsible for developing and maintaining software tools and datasets used to solve a wide variety of bioinformatic needs. They are also responsible for the high quality and robustness of such tools, following best practices during software design, development, and testing.  As a Bioinformatics Engineer at Genomics England, you will also be required to follow and contribute to agile practices, aswell as to act as a subject-matter expert for bioinformatics. You will be supporting the continuous improvement of our practices, collaborating, and adhering to engineering standards.   Everyday responsibilities include:  Produce high-quality code for high throughput sequencing data analysis,genome analysis and interpretation.   Produce automated tests to validate existing and new code. Contribute to all testing and deployment stages up to the production environment.  Interact with domain experts during the lifecycle of projects to ensure the scientific and clinical validity of software products.   Contribute to discovery tasks during the initial phase of new developments and achieve understanding of early-stage decisions to inform final software design.   Write documentation to achieve an exhaustive log of decisions, designs, tests, results etc. that enable full traceability of processes.   Be a proactive member of a squad, adopting agile practices and offering subject matter expertise.  Ensure adherence to the various standards and accreditations required for both clinical laboratory practice and software delivery.  Skills and Experience for Success:  Excellent Python coding skillset.  Experience in software testing strategies or desire to learn this skillset.  Solid skillset in Bioinformatics, understanding of the standards,data sources and tool chains used in NGS and clinical genomics.   Proficient in software version control systems (Git preferred). Proficient in collaborative software development practices (code reviews, branching strategies). Familiarity with NGS tertiary annotation tools anddatabases.   Proficient in Linux and containerisation techniques (Docker, Singularity). Solid expertise of developing production quality algorithms and software to analyse large data sets.   Excellent technical writing skills.   Experience working in agile environments is desirable.  Experience in building code using CI/CD is desirable.  Qualifications MSc equivalent or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Bioinformatics or equivalent experience.  Additional Information Salary from £49,500 Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we’re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including:  30 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards A generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution Life Assurance (3 x salary) Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal A wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classes Enhanced maternity&paternity benefits Blended working arrangementsTalk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you. #LI-Hybrid Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background. Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity andwill be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.  Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary to , undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties.  Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility. We expect most people to come into the office 2 times each month as a minimum. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. For somepeople this is 1 day a quarter, for others it is several days a week. There is no expectation that staff will return to the office full time unless they want to. The exception would be some of our roles that would require you to be on site full time e.g., lab teams, reception team.  Our teams and squads have, and will continue to, reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds. #LI-Hybrid As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.