IT Software Engineer

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and AgroScience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion; and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

POSITION TITLE (ENGLISH): Software Engineer
WORKING LOCATION: Bangalore

SUMMARY OF POSITION AND OBJECTIVES:
With knowledge and experience in Bioinformatics, the candidate needs to be able to develop data analysis pipelines in a Linux based environment and be proficient in analyzing sequencing data, interpreting results, and implementing interactive solutions.

Job description:
· Project Management of Sequencing based Bioinformatics Projects including data analysis, management, consulting, and interpretation of results.
· Conceptualizing and developing customized bioinformatics solutions including interactive analysis for various sequencing based products.
· Contribute to the maintenance and development of bioinformatics tools and resources through knowledge of internally developed systems, open-source programs, and commercial applications.
· Benchmarking different tools on standard/gold standard datasets.
· Work with R&D team members to develop, implement and maintain functioning pipelines and applications
upstream and downstream of NGS data analysis, interpretation, and reporting workflows.
· Support project management team through troubleshooting and resolution of encountered issues with data
analysis and customer concerns.
· Document all aspects of the bioinformatics environment for existing systems and newly implemented
systems in a QM compliant way. Ensure versioning through a source control system of all pipelines,
configurations, algorithms, tools, and applications used in production workflows.

Requirements:
· Master's in bioinformatics or biotechnology or any other equivalent degree.
· Experience in analyzing sequencing data and interpreting results.
· Experience in the application of bioinformatics tools and the development of pipelines in the field of DNA/RNA sequencing is ideal.
· Programming experience in - Python, bash, R/ Bioconductor.
· Familiarity with Unix based operating systems, job queuing systems (eg. SGE), git, Docker and common
workflow language (CWL) based frameworks.
· Good knowledge of written and spoken English is required.
· R/ Shiny based or alternative dashboard development experience (advantage).
· Experience in cloud computing (advantage).
Methodology we have in place and expect to be used:
· Kanban, Lean, Scaled Agile, Zero-Defect development method
· Daily Stand-ups with other developers directly involved
· Scrum of Scrums, Innovation Sprints (after every 3rd Sprint)
· Continuous integration
· Automatic Build and Deployments
· Automated Unit & Functional Testing
· Follow Development guidelines and coding style

EVOLUTION:
Working in the field of Sequencing and Bio-IT Production pipeline for RNA/DNA Sequencing analysis, the potential
candidates will be having a high chance of becoming SME’s and would get a chance to manage the sequencing studies.

What we offer:
· A launch pad into various technical/management opportunities – within the many business lines of Eurofins
globally – or into the management hierarchy in our different corporate functions.

· The opportunity to grow your technical stack.
· A chance to become part of a highly motivated international team of professionals.

Master's in bioinformatics or biotechnology or any other equivalent degree
Experience: 3-5years
 

What Happens Next
 
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 
 
Your data 
 
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Closing Date
 
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.