Bioinformatician/Data Engineer (f/m/d)
Austria’s leading company – CBmed is a center for biomarker research in medicine with headquarter in Graz. It links excellent research infrastructure, scientific expertise, medical knowledge, national and international industry partners for systematic medical biomarker research.
To strengthen our team in Graz, we are seeking to recruit an ambitious, committed
Bioinformatician/Data Engineer (f/m/d)
Your tasks and responsibilities:
- Take on the role of a Data Steward, ensuring harmonized data structures, metadata standards, traceability, and compliance with quality requirements
- Coordinate with laboratory teams, sponsors, and domain experts to define and implement Data Transfer Specifications (DTS)
- Review incoming and outgoing datasets for compliance with agreed data structures and transfer requirements
- Ensure traceability from raw laboratory output to final reporting datasets and support audit readiness
- Contribute to automation and continuous improvement of data processing and data transfer workflows by ensuring a reliable data structure and the availability of metadata in a standardized way
- Ensure all data-related activities follow defined processes and workflows and are properly documented.
- Develop and enhance Python-based feature extraction pipelines that transform raw laboratory outputs, such as microscopy images, into actionable data insights, working closely with data scientists.
- Support laboratory method validation activities through statistical analyses, predefined reports, tables, and visualizations
Expected skills and abilities:
- You have an MSc in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or a related field and have 5 years of corresponding work experience.
- You have been working in an ISO-certified or regulated environment
- You have experience with structured data management, quality control, and documentation and you are used to work with SOPs.
- You have hands-on experience working with relational databases and tabular data formats
- You are familiar with statistical methods and data analysis workflows
- You are experienced with Python (and/or R) for data processing, analysis, and automation
- Optional plus: Experience with biomedical, clinical, biomarker, or genomics data
Expected soft-skills:
- Precise and reliable working: you have a strong focus on delivering high-quality results according to specifications, including thorough documentation and timely delivery
- Independent and proactive working style
- Good listening, communication, and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with laboratory scientists, sponsors, and project teams
- 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 motivated and dedicated 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 € 58000 gross based on 40 hours/week. Overpayment is possible, depending on qualifications and work experience.
CBmed lives an inclusion and supportive work culture. We encourage diversity across all levels. Our common goal is enabling precision medicine.
Diversity enriches our work. We welcome applications from people from all walks of life and with a variety of experiences.
CBmed GmbH
CENTER FOR BIOMARKER RESEARCH IN MEDICINE
Stefanie Michaela Jandrisits, M.A. (career@cbmed.at)
+43 316 385 28808
Stiftingtalstrasse 14
8010 Graz