Bioinformatician

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My client is one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical businesses in Switzerland and is looking for a senior Bioinformatician for its office in Basel (contract role for 1 year). My client is requesting a highly skilled individual who specializes in Biology and Computer Sciences and can meet target deadlines. If you are interested in the position, then please check the criteria below:

Role

- Gather user requirements and perform needs assessments to guide development and selection of software systems.
- Support scientific research with software systems that capture experimental design, enable data analysis and interpretation, and provide for regular communication on genomics projects.
- Design and/or supervise development and testing of software systems to meet or exceed project objectives.
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of developers by establishing high technical standards and demonstrating, by way of example, technical excellence in all stages of software development.
- Use software version control system, automated build tools, ticket tracking software, architecture documentation, and release engineering processes.
- Develop and optimize techniques and methods to improve software development processes including test driven development, agile methodology, and pair programming.
- Work closely with cross-functional groups (engineers and researchers, management, business analysts, and internal customers), in a highly matrixed organization to build constructive and effective relationships throughout the whole organization.

Skills

- 2-4 years of experience in the design and implementation of production software systems. Documented software development lead skills and experience with software technical documentation are desired
- A PhD or Master's degree in biology, biotechnology, bioinformatics or other science discipline and/or computer science
- Strong knowledge of software design and implementation including for complex workflows and integrating very large datasets
- Demonstrated hands-on technical knowledge in programming languages such as Java, C#, JavaScript and database technologies such as Oracle, or MySQL
- Working experience of Maven, Tomcat, Hibernate, JIRA, FishEye, Confluence, SVN, CID, AWS
- Strong ability to take initiative and wide latitude for independent judgment
- Strong ability to handle multiple assignments at one time while working independently and effectively under deadlines
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to focus on many tasks at once
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to express computer-related information in layman terms
- Demonstrate respect and dignity in decisions, communications, and actions
- Professional communication and interaction with all levels of the organization

Location: Basel

Start date: 01/08/2017

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