Bioinformatics Engineer

Loka works with Life Sciences startups that are applying AI, ML and advanced genomics to fight cancer, kidney disease, bacterial infection and other global concerns. As a bioinformatics engineer, you’ll shape infrastructure and drive decisions on large-scale data engineering projects in the genomics segment while developing pipelines and providing technical support for customers.

At Loka we count more than 200 certified specialists, technical experts and PhDs among our teammates, all guided by the belief that mission matters. We work entirely remotely, test new ideas with an in-house incubator, observe local holidays and take every other Friday off (really). We’re as proud of our culture as we are of our projects. You will be too.

Responsibilities

• Build bioinformatics workflows and provide expert bioinformatics support to clients.

• Translate requirements and work with the Data Engineering team on relevant projects in Life Sciences and Omics.

• Provide maintenance, upgrades and patches for bioinformatics pipelines.

• Gather valuable insights and experiences from every project and client to share with the team.

• Stay current with the latest developments and best practices in the field of bioinformatics data analysis.

Required Skills

The successful candidate will have a combination of some, but not necessarily all, of the following:

• MSc/PhD in Bioinformatics, Biology, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering or similar

• Experience building pipelines for genomics, transcriptomics data or other NGS-based technologies. e.g. WGS, WES, bulk and single-RNA sequencing, etc

• Experience in tools to analyze Omics datasets (Cell Ranger, GATK, Salmon, OncoKB, VEP, etc)

• Familiarity with relevant bioinformatics data formats across the primary, secondary and tertiary steps of Omics analysis (BCL, FASTQ, BAM/SAM, VCF, h5ad, etc)

• Experience in biological interpretation and tertiary analysis of Omics data

• Familiarity with large genomic data sets (GDC, TCGA, DepMap, etc)

• Experience in developing bioinformatics workflows. Nextflow and Snakemake are highly valued but not mandatory

• Experience with Docker and Conda for dependency management for Bioinformatics tools

• Clean criminal record required

Soft Skills

• Critical thinking

• Problem solving and agile learning

• Excellent written and oral communication

• Ability to interact effectively with scientists and engineers in other disciplines with a positive and collaborative attitude

Benefits

• Every other Friday off (26 extra days off a year)

• Remote and flexible

• Explore and Relocation programs (three months work abroad or full international relo)

• Paid sick days and local holidays

• Premium mental health subscriptions

• Access to LokaLabs™, our internal research and development program

• Fitness subscription

• Mental wellness programs

• Defined career path

Please submit your CV in English