Lead Bioinformatics Engineer
Core
Own and operate Flagship's bioinformatics platform stack, build reusable pipeline frameworks for portfolio companies, and manage access to external genomic data resources.
Role type
Senior IC bioinformatics platform engineer
Builds
Production-grade bioinformatics pipelines, reusable workflow templates, and data access infrastructure for life sciences ventures
Domain
Life sciences / Genomics / Cloud infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Genomic data formats (FASTQ, BAM/CRAM, VCF), Cloud-native workflow managers (Nextflow, Snakemake, WDL), Python/R programming, Data access agreement (DUA) management, HPC/cloud resource evaluation
Preferred skills
Managed bioinformatics platforms (CodeOcean, Sequera, Tamarind.bio), Single-cell omics (Seurat, Scanpy), Container orchestration (Docker, Singularity)
Technologies
AWS, Nextflow Tower, CodeOcean, Tamarind.bio, UK Biobank, dbGaP, GTEx, ENCODE
Responsibilities
Administer bioinformatics platform stack and troubleshoot platform-level issues; Build reusable pipeline templates for portfolio adoption; Translate open-source code into deployable workflows; Manage data access agreements and consortium partnerships; Evaluate computational resources for genomic workloads; Establish standards for data formats and pipeline documentation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
