Research Fellow Bioinformatics (Future Medicines Institute)

Background:

The newly funded Future Medicines Institute (FMI) will be a collaborative innovation centre developed as a focal point to enable industry, academia and health professionals to drive research and development in the Life and Health Sciences (LHS) sector. It will build upon and exploit Northern Ireland’s recognised capabilities and strengths in oncology and digital health to accelerate the development of biomarker-led products. The Institute’s vision is a partnership of Northern Ireland’s leading pharmaceutical, diagnostics and health analytics companies, alongside academic institutions and government agencies.

Job purpose:

The post holder will develop bioinformatics tools, workflows, and cloud-based infrastructure to support genomics and multi-omics data analysis across FMI projects. Working closely with biologists, bioinformaticians, and software developers, this role focuses on integrating advanced computational methods with scalable cloud platforms to streamline data processing, analysis, and sharing. The successful candidate will have a strong foundation in software engineering, data engineering, and cloud computing, with a proactive attitude and eagerness to collaborate in a multidisciplinary team environment.

About the person:

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Degree in computer science, bioinformatics, data engineering, or a related discipline.
• Have or be about to obtain* a relevant PhD.(must be obtained within 3 months of date of interview).
• Significant, relevant research experience.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and deploying scalable cloud-based infrastructures (AWS, Azure,
• GCP).
• Proficiency in bioinformatics pipeline development (e.g., RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, exomes).
• An expert level user of HPC infrastructure / Linux systems.
• Able to implement key R and / or Python packages.
• Experience of project supervision.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information on our website.

This post is available for 12 months. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits

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