Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Develop, standardize and execute data processing pipelines (ETL) for biomedical data
• Taking on the role of a data steward, ensuring that all data activities are documented and follow the highest quality and cyber security standards
• Work together with IT team to automate ETL processes
• Work with existing relational databases and object stores (on-prem and cloud)
• Improve existing in-house web applications for data access and visualization for both in-house as well as scientific and industry partners
• Contribute to in-house python-based feature extraction pipelines for raw laboratory output (e.g. microscope images) together with data scientists
• Work together with laboratory scientists

Expected skills and abilities:

• You have an MSc (with at least 3 years of working experience in the area) in bioinformatics, or related fields
• You are experienced with python and R for ETL and data analysis
• You have experience with the Linux command line
• You have hands-on experience with relational databases, in particular MySQL
• Optional plus: First hands-on experience with Docker
• Optional plus: Experience with python for data visualization and web development

Expected soft-skills:

• Precise and reliable working: you have strong focus on delivering precise results according to specifications, including documentation of your work and delivering on time
• Independent and pro-active working style
• Good listening, communication, and personal skills to cooperate with lab colleagues
• Very good command of English, written and spoken

Optional and beneficial skills include experience with:

• Collaborative working tools (git, ticketing systems)
• Experience with biomedical data (e.g., pathology images, flow cytometry, NGS, metabolomics, microbiome, …)
• Experience with image analysis and computer vision (including machine learning and conventional methods)
• Working in an ISO certified environment
• German language skills are a plus, but not required to thrive in this position

What we offer:

• Flexible workhours with possibility of home office
• Family-friendly environment
• Jobticket
• You will have the opportunity to work in an internationally connected company, within a young, dynamic, and international team
• Your work on improving and maintaining our data pipelines will directly impact patient well-being, both in the short-term through drug screening approaches and in the long-term through state-of-the-art biomarker research
• Opportunity to learn new tools and shape your own work experience by using the technology and tools of your choice
• We offer an unlimited contract with a minimum annual salary from € 58 000 gross based on 40 hours/week. Overpayment is possible, depending on qualifications and work experience.