Bioinformatics analyst

Bioinformatics analysts process and interpret biological data, running established pipelines for tasks such as sequence alignment, variant annotation, and statistical analysis. The work is computational, sitting between raw data and biological meaning, and often involves adapting standard methods when datasets don't fit the usual mould.

They work in research institutes, hospitals, and biotech and pharma companies, supporting wet-lab and clinical teams. The role suits people who combine coding and statistics with enough biology to spot when results don't make sense and dig into why.