Associate Scientist, Bioinformatics

Location: Barcelona, Spain; Warsaw, Poland
Competitive Salary & Benefits
Make a more meaningful impact to patients’ lives around the globe

Here you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patients’ lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines – for the world’s most complex diseases. Answer unmet medical needs by pioneering the next wave of science, focusing on outcomes and shaping the patient ecosystem.

With our ground-breaking pipeline, the outlook is bright. Be proud to be part of a place that has achieved so much, yet is still moving forward. There’s no better time to join our global, growing enterprise as we lead the way for healthcare and society.

What will you do?

This role is within the Centre for Genomics Research. We are looking for recent graduate bioinformatics scientists to support the growing genome informatics needs of the Centre. You will join the Omics Bioinformatics team and contribute with your bioinformatics expertise to the CGR’s multidisciplinary research environment comprising of computational biologists, genome scientists, software engineers, statistical geneticists, postdoctoral researchers, disease area specialists and clinical experts

What you will be doing on daily basis? You will be:

• running data processing pipelines and workflows; troubleshooting potential issues with the data, metadata or tools.
• ensuring that our data is managed in line with the standards and guidelines, including managing data transfers between systems and organisations; managing metadata; performing data QC and a wide range of data integration activities
• working hands-on with industry leading technologies as our informatics capabilities are fully cloud-based and were designed to handle the analysis of large-scale data aiming to reach 2 million genomes by 2026

To help with the decision, here are some highlights we will be looking for while reading your CV:

• your attention to detail and focus on quality
• your experience with standard bioinformatics tools and data formats and standards
• your academic track record and relevant recent experience
• your hands-on knowledge of genomics community algorithms and solutions
• how you communicate with team members and non-experts, both verbally and through documentation
• your motivation to work within a dynamic team in a quickly evolving research environment.

Why AstraZeneca?
Make a more meaningful impact to patients’ lives around the globe At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

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