Bioinformatician (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Job description

Bioinformatician (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Start date: February 2026

Location: Remote (UK-based) with occasional travel to Cambridge

Company: Mid-sized biotech focused on cancer neoantigen evolution and next-generation immunotherapies

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled Bioinformatician to join our Computational Biology team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role will focus on bringing key external genomics and immuno-oncology analysis pipelines in-house, ensuring they are robust, well-validated, and scalable for ongoing research programmes.

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in genomics, NGS data analysis, and computational workflows, along with strong proficiency in Python and bash/Linux. Candidates may come from either an academic or industry background, with:

• PhD + 1–2 years of industry experience, or
• Master’s + 3–5 years of relevant industry experience

This is a remote role with periodic travel to our Cambridge site for team meetings, technical alignment, and project reviews.

Key Responsibilities

• Internalise and adapt existing external NGS/genomics pipelines, ensuring compatibility with internal infrastructure and data standards.
• Develop, optimise, and validate workflows for DNA/RNA sequencing datasets, neoantigen prediction, and related immunogenomics analyses.
• Collaborate with computational biologists, immunologists and wet-lab teams to define requirements and integrate pipelines into research operations.
• Manage and QC large-scale sequencing datasets, ensuring accuracy, reproducibility, and traceability.
• Contribute to pipeline documentation, version control, and best practices for computational reproducibility.
• Provide bioinformatics support across project teams, including exploratory analyses, data visualisation, and troubleshooting.
• Participate in sprint planning, technical reviews, and collaborative problem solving across cross-functional teams.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Academic Background

• PhD in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics, or related discipline, plus 1–2 years industry experience, OR
• Master’s degree in a relevant field, plus 3–5 years industry experience

Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in NGS data processing and analysis, such as alignment, variant calling, transcriptomics, or tumour immunogenomics.
• Proficiency in Python for bioinformatics tool development and data manipulation.
• Competency with bash/Linux environments, HPC/Cloud computing, and workflow automation.
• Experience working with common bioinformatics tools (e.g., BWA, STAR, GATK, Nextflow/Snakemake, bedtools, samtools) is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with immuno-oncology or neoantigen prediction pipelines is a plus.

Soft Skills & Behaviours

• Clear communicator able to translate computational outputs into actionable biological insights.
• Collaborative mindset, comfortable working with cross-functional scientific teams.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to meet milestones within a defined contract window.
• Self-driven, solution-oriented, and comfortable adapting external methodologies to internal needs.

Contract Details

• Type: 12-month fixed-term contract
• Start: February 2026
• Location: Remote (UK), with occasional travel to Cambridge
• Time commitment: Full-time
• Reporting to: Principal Scientist – Comp Bio

About the Company

They are a science-led biotech focused on understanding the dynamics of cancer neoantigen evolution to drive the discovery and design of new, well-tolerated medicines. Their mission is to develop next-generation immunotherapies that reshape how the immune system recognises and responds to cancer.

For a confidential discussion or more information get in touch with Eugene or a member of the the team @ KEMIO.

Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

England

Type of Contract

Casual / Part Time Jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English