A good job can make a huge difference. With us, even a second chance at life!

As a leading international non-profit organization in the fight against blood cancer, our goal is to give as many blood cancer patients as possible a second chance at life and to provide access to stem cell transplants. In order to help even more patients, we need regular reinforcements from committed and highly qualified staff members with personality. In a worldwide network of around 1.300 DKMS colleagues, we would like to continue working towards this goal together with you and over 12 million registered donors.

The DKMS Life Science Lab gGmbH in Dresden carries out the molecular typing of the HLA characteristics of all DKMS donors in the fight against blood cancer and is the world's largest HLA tissue typing laboratory. Our laboratory, which is accredited according to international guidelines, sequences more than one million samples provided by DKMS donors every year. Our success builds on continuous research, aiming at taking advantage of the latest innovations in molecular biology and next generation sequencing and adapting those to the field of immunogenetics.

The Bioinformatics group at the DKMS Life Science Lab gGmbH is at the forefront of developing tools that utilize high throughput DNA sequencing technologies to combat blood cancer.

As part of our commitment to excellence and innovation, we are looking for our department in Dresden for a dedicated Bioinformatics Applications Engineer (m/f/d) (Full-time, permanent).
This role is pivotal in ensuring the quality and robustness of our diagnostic applications, focusing on maintenance, user support, and continuous improvement of our software solutions.

• Playing a crucial role in supporting the ongoing success of our MRD (minimal residual disease) diagnostic toolkit
• Developing, extending and maintaining software and data pipelines
• Focusing on bug fixing, performance optimization, and enhancing functionality
• Expanding test coverage and implementing robust testing frameworks to guarantee software reliability
• Providing user support by troubleshooting and resolving issues, ensuring our users have a seamless experience
• Comfortably navigating and developing Python code, with occasional forays into R

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or equivalent experience
• Proficient Python coding skills and conversance with Linux and shell scripting
• Familiarity with R programming language or desire to learn this skillset
• Solid skills in Bioinformatics, understanding of the standards, data sources and tool chains used in NGS
• Comfortable with using and navigating version control systems, in particular git
• Proficient in collaborative software development practices (code reviews, branching strategies)
• Effective communication skills, with fluency in German AND English

Additional Skills:

• Python packaging
• Familiarity with database architectures, both relational and non-relational
• Familiarity with scientific and parallel computing in Python using scipy and multiprocessing
• Conversance with CI/CD pipelines

• An attractive remuneration model including additional benefits such as capital-forming benefits and company pension scheme
• Flexible working hours, a modern working environment and a family-friendly company culture
• Opportunity for mobile working (up to 125 days per year)
• 30 vacation days per year; additional special leave for personal events
• A comprehensive range of continuing education and training opportunities
• Diverse and interesting CHM offers (e.g. job bike, health courses in cooperation with a major health insurance company, etc.)
• Employee offers within the scope of corporate benefits
• An exciting and stimulating working environment with a focus on innovation and opportunities for personal development
• Collaboration in a team whose work influences the fate of cancer patients worldwide

DKMS is an ambitious organization that actively takes on challenges. Our employees are highly qualified and motivated.