Bioinformatician for the Single-Cell Omics Platform

About the role

The role is an exciting opportunity for ambitious candidates with a bioinformatics background to work in the field of genomics services. As a bioinformatician in the Single-Cell Omics Platform, you will be responsible for processing, analyzing, and interpreting both single-cell and bulk sequencing data as well as developing and implementing new analysis workflows.

Primary tasks

• To develop and maintain computational workflows to process and analyze single-cell sequencing data.
• To apply computational tools on primary sequencing data from research groups across the Center and the University.
• To support experimental design and analysis strategy for single-cell assays and method developments

Your profile

• Required education/skills:
  • A science degree in data science, applied math, applied statistics, bioinformatics, computer science, systems biology, biotechnology or the like
  • Solid programming skills in the scripting languages Python or R
  • Experience developing bioinformatics pipelines in pipeline management tools such as Snakemake or Nextflow
  • Solid experience in processing, analysis and interpretation of single cell transcriptomics assays using tools such as Seurat, Scanpy, Cell Ranger and Salmon Alevin.
  • Experience in using the Unix/Linux operating system.
• Personal skills:
  • Motivated and hardworking personality with good social skills
  • Motivated to instruct researchers with less advanced programming skills in using the Platform’s computational workflows
  • Excellent written and oral English communication skills
  • Ability to disseminate findings and expert knowledge to users at seminars
• Desirable criteria:
  • Experience in analyzing single-cell epigenetics data
  • Experience in analyzing spatial transcriptomics data
  • Experience working with data visualization
  • Experience in working with machine learning techniques.
  • Experience working with cloud computing

We offer

• Creative and stimulating working conditions in dynamic and international research environment.
• Highly motivated colleagues and the possibility to contribute to and co-author cutting-edge scientific publications
• Athletic and attractive employment conditions
• A centrally located workplace.

Place of employment

The place of employment is the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

Terms of salary and employment

The employment as a bioinformatician is a full-time position for 1-year starting 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Questions

• For further questions about the job description and qualifications, please contact Platform manager Mie Mechta at mie.mechta@sund.ku.dk.
• For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact SUND HR CBMR at SUND-HR-CBMR@sund.ku.dk.

Application procedure

Your application, in English, should include:

• A letter of motivation
• Curriculum Vitae
• Copies of relevant certificates of education

Please submit your application by clicking on “Apply for position” below. Only online applications will be accepted.

Application deadline: 31 Juli 2026 at 23:59 CET.

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider application to not live up to the abovementioned requirements.