Job Description

Company Description
About Eurofins Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and the environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies. In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a network of over 1,000 independent companies in 54 countries, operating 900 laboratories. Performing over 450 million tests every year, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing. Eurofins is one of the fastest growing listed European companies with a listing on the French stock exchange since 1997. In FY 2021, Eurofins achieved a record revenue of over EUR 6.7 billion. Eurofins IT Solutions India Pvt Ltd (EITSI) is a fully owned subsidiary of Eurofins and functions as a Global Software Delivery Center exclusively catering to Eurofins Global IT business needs. The code shipped out of EITSI impacts the global network of Eurofins labs and services. The primary focus at EITSI is to develop the next generation LIMS (Lab Information Management system), Customer portals, e-commerce solutions, ERP/CRM system, Mobile Apps & other B2B platforms for various Eurofins Laboratories and businesses. Young and dynamic, we have a rich culture and we offer fulfilling careers.


POSITION TITLE (ENGLISH): Software Engineer
REPORTING TO: Manager
REPORTING LOCATION: Bangalore
WORKING LOCATION: Bangalore
NUMBER OF FTEs UNDER RESPONSIBILITY: N/A.
SUMMARY OF POSITION AND OBJECTIVES:
With knowledge and experience in Bioinformatics, the candidate needs to be able to develop data analysis pipelines
in a Linux based environment and be proficient in analyzing sequencing data, interpreting results, and implementing
interactive solutions. POSITION & OBJECTIVES:

Job description:

• Project Management of Sequencing based Bioinformatics Projects including data analysis, management,

consulting, and interpretation of results.

• Conceptualizing and developing customized bioinformatics solutions including interactive analysis for various

sequencing based products.

• Contribute to the maintenance and development of bioinformatics tools and resources through knowledge of

internally developed systems, open-source programs, and commercial applications.

• Benchmarking different tools on standard/gold standard datasets.
• Work with R&D team members to develop, implement and maintain functioning pipelines and applications

upstream and downstream of NGS data analysis, interpretation, and reporting workflows.

• Support project management team through troubleshooting and resolution of encountered issues with data

analysis and customer concerns.

• Document all aspects of the bioinformatics environment for existing systems and newly implemented

systems in a QM compliant way. Ensure versioning through a source control system of all pipelines,
configurations, algorithms, tools, and applications used in production workflows. EVOLUTION:
Working in the field of Sequencing and Bio-IT Production pipeline for RNA/DNA Sequencing analysis, the potential
candidates will be having a high chance of becoming SME’s and would get a chance to manage the sequencing
studies.
What we offer:

• A launch pad into various technical/management opportunities – within the many business lines of Eurofins

globally – or into the management hierarchy in our different corporate functions.

• The opportunity to grow your technical stack.
• A chance to become part of a highly motivated international team of professionals.

Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Masters in Bioinformatics or Biotechnology or any other equivalent degree
Experience : 3-5years
Requirements:

• Masters in Bioinformatics or Biotechnology or any other equivalent degree.
• Experience in analyzing sequencing data and interpreting results.
• Experience in the application of bioinformatics tools and the development of pipelines in the field of DNA/

RNA sequencing is ideal.

• Programming experience in - Python, bash, R/ Bioconductor.
• Familiarity with Unix based operating systems, job queuing systems (eg. SGE), git, Docker and common

workflow language (CWL) based frameworks.

• Good knowledge of written and spoken English is required.
• R/ Shiny based or alternative dashboard development experience (advantage).
• Experience in cloud computing (advantage).

Methodology we have in place and expect to be used:

• Kanban, Lean, Scaled Agile, Zero Defect development method
• Daily Stand-ups with other developers directly involved
• Scrum of Scrums, Innovation Sprints (after every 3rd Sprint)
• Continuous integration
• Automatic Build and Deployments
• Automated Unit & Functional Testing
• Follow Development guidelines and coding style

Additional Information
Personal Profile

• Ability and willingness to work in an international environment;
• Eager to learn and continuously develop personal and technical capabilities;
• Very good communication skills in English (concise writing and orally convincing);
• Very good interpersonal relation skills at all levels of the organization;
• Very good presentation skills;
• Hands on attitude, showing initiative;
• Attention to details;
• Self-Organized with very good time management skills.

Languages requirement

• English (Excellent command required in both oral and written English).

Other

• The position will be based in Bangalore (India)