Bioinformatics Data Engineer (RNA Resources)

About the Team

Rfam and RNAcentral are key resources for RNA biology, serving tens of thousands of users every year and widely cited in the scientific literature. We are recruiting a Bioinformatics Data Engineer to develop and maintain both the Rfam and RNAcentral databases. They are currently funded by the BBSRC and Wellcome . The RNA Resources team is part of the Sequence Families group led by Alex Bateman . You will be reporting to the Project Leader for RNA Resources, and working closely with an RNA bioinformatician, two full-stack software developers, and an Rfam biocurator.

Your role

As a Bioinformatics Data Engineer, you will run, maintain and optimise our data pipelines, ensuring efficient data processing, storage and retrieval for Rfam and RNAcentral. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements, propose new data pipelin...