Pipeline developer for Quality Control in Danish National Genome Center, Aarhus

Do you want to be a part of a powerful team that is pushing the boundaries in a dynamic atmosphere with latest technologies, where growth potential is as high as your imagination? At the Danish National Genome Center we have established a world-class national infrastructure for High Performance Computing (HPC), Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) and Services for Precision Medicine. You will join a team of multidisciplinary experts who are the best in their respective fields.

About the Danish National Genome Center

We are a government agency under the Ministry of Health. The Center has a responsibility to operate and develop a secure national infrastructure in the healthcare system, which supports that doctors and researchers so that they can develop targeted treatment using knowledge about patients' genes, new technology and other knowledge.

You can find more information about us on our website www.ngc.dk.

About the position

We are looking for a pipeline developer to join our development team. You will join an existing team of dedicated experts working on implementing the newest bio-pipelines used for human Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) data processing. Your primary task will be maintenance, updating and developing tools for Quality Control (QC) of the data generated by the bio-pipelines, as well as communicating and evaluating the results. As such, your work and expertise will help guide the implementation of precision medicine at the national level.

Your main responsibility will revolve around design, development and implementation of back-end pipelines for processing sequencing data, in collaboration with the relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Professional qualifications

We are looking for a candidate with:

• a degree in Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Datalogy, Computer Science or a similar educational background
• familiarity with Python, Workflow language (fx WDL or Snakemake)
• familiarity Rstudio, Jupyter or other statistical data analysis tools
• familiarity with working with CentOS on a high-performance computing (HPC), using a PBS queueing system
• experience with collaborating effectively using the Git version control system
• knowledge of modern software development processes and project-based development
• experience with analysis of large amounts of sequencing data’
• proficiency in English.

It would be big pluses if you have:

• experience working with databases
• familiarity with Illumina sequencing technology
• understanding of wet-lab procedures leading up to sequencing
• experience with code review
• experience with test-driven development and CI/CD
• experience with deploying containerized software (fx Docker or Singularity)
• proficiency in Danish.

Personal Qualifications 

Our ideal candidate: 

• is a skilled craftsperson who takes pride and the responsibility that comes with ensuring the best data quality, that will be used for patient treatment.
• has an interest in the field of human WGS, following up on new developments in the field and taking the initiative in testing them for their possible use within the NGC.
• is an effective communicator, capable of conveying ideas to and getting feedback from people with various backgrounds, from computer science to medical biology.
• is flexible, capable of working independently when needed or together as part of one or multiple teams.

We offer

We offer an interesting and challenging job in an international atmosphere with focus on the patient, research, innovation and clinical advice for the benefit of the surrounding community. We place emphasis on a high level of professionalism among our staff, so skills development is an integral part of our organization. We offer a great flexibility in the position.



The position is situated at the sequencing facility located in MOMA, Palle Juul-Jensens Boulevard 99, 8200Aarhus N. You can expect 2-4 travel days a month to The Danish National Genome Center in Copenhagen.

About the employment

Depending on your educational background salary and appointment terms will be based on either:

• the collective agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Federation of Professional Associations (AC) (Overenskomst for akademikere i staten). Depending on your academic qualifications and experience there is a possibility of being classified as a special or senior consultant according to appendix 4 (protocol concerning special- and senior consultants).

or

• the organizational agreement between The Danish Finance Ministry and the Organisation for Salaried Employees HK/Stat (Organisationsaftale for kontorfunktionærer, laboranter og it-medarbejdere (HK)), according to chapter 5 in the agreement and the collective agreement between The Danish Finance Ministry and the Organisation of Public Employees (OAO-S-Fællesoverenskomsten).

Please be advised that it is required that you can pass security clearance by the Danish authorities and maintain the security clearance throughout your employment.  

Contact us

For further information about the position, you are welcome to contact special consultant Piotr Starnawski, +45 21 82 92 54 or chief of department Ole Lund, +45 21 30 75 64.  

Are you interested

Click “apply” to send your job application with curriculum vitae and diploma / exam certificates.

The first round of interviews is expected to be held in week 22, and the second round of interviews may be held in week 23.

The Danish National Genome Center has non-smoking working hours.

We encourage everyone who is interested to apply for the position – regardless of age, gender, religion, disabilities or ethnicity