About Insilico 

Insilico Medicine is an end-to-end, artificial intelligence (AI) -driven pharma- biotechnology company with a mission to accelerate drug discovery and development by leveraging our rapidly evolving, proprietary platform across biology, chemistry, and clinical development. 

For more info, visit our website https://insilico.com 

About Role 

We are looking for a Bioinformatics / Backend Engineer to join our OMICs team and contribute to the development of scalable data pipelines, APIs, and product features supporting large-scale multi-omics data. 

The role combines bioinformatics expertise with backend engineering, working closely with product managers, data scientists, and research teams. 

Place of work

Level 6, Unit 08, Block A, IRENA HQ Building Masdar City, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 

Reports to

Aleksandra Ozerova, OMICs team leader

Responsibilities

1. Omics Data Processing & Pipelines

• Develop and maintain data processing pipelines for diverse omics data types (bulk RNA-seq, proteomics, single-cell, epigenomics, etc.) from public resources. 
• Implement pipelines using Python and Airflow, and selected R components where appropriate. 
• Ensure robustness, reproducibility, and scalability of data processing workflows. 

2. PandaOmics Development 

• Participate in the development of omics-related product features, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. 
• Implement backend logic using Python and Django. 
• Design and extend internal and external APIs used by company products and research teams. 

3. Data Management & Infrastructure 

• Work with large-scale omics datasets stored in PostgreSQL and AWS S3 as part of the company Data Warehouse (DWH). 
• Contribute to data modeling, versioning strategies, and performance optimization. 
• Ensure data consistency and traceability across pipelines and product layers. 

4. Metadata Annotation & Normalization 

• Develop and support data annotation and normalization workflows, including LLM-based agents for metadata curation. 
• Collaborate with domain experts to improve annotation quality, coverage, and consistency. 

5. Support internal and external collaborations by assisting with: 

• Bioinformatics algorithms 
• Data processing and analysis 
• Interpretation of omics results 
• Act as a technical point of contact for omics-related questions within cross-functional teams. 

General Requirements:  

1. Education 

Master’s degree or PhD degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biology, Computer Science, or a related field. 

1. Experience and Skills  

• 3-4 years of experience in Python. E.g. for data processing and backend development;
• 3-4 years of experience in OMICs data analysis and biological data formats;
• Advantageously experience building or maintaining data pipelines (e.g., Airflow or similar tools);
• PostgreSQL and cloud storage (preferably AWS S3);
• Effective communicator both orally and in writing English;
• The ability to work autonomously and as part of a team successfully;
• Ability to problem solve and think outside the box. 

Nice to Have

• Experience with single-cell omics or large-scale public datasets (GEO, SRA, ArrayExpress, etc.).
• Familiarity with Django REST Framework.
• LLM-based data annotation or automation tools.
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and analytical data models.
• Exposure to production-level bioinformatics platforms or biotech products.