Research Scientist Bioinformatics

Career Opportunities: Research Scientist in Bioinformatics (m/w/d) (556)

Requisition ID556 -Posted -Germany -Full Time

AB Enzym , as a subsidiary of Associated British Foods, is a leading company in the innovation and production of enzymes worldwide. Operating in the biotechnology industry we are an important partner for customers in the application offood, animal feed and industrial enzymes. With our expertise in the global enzymes business, we help our customers to make their industrial processes moresustainable, environmentally friendly and efficient. Product excellence and innovation are among our key strengths while our passion for science and customer-focused solutions is what drives us.

Our global headquarters are in Darmstadt, Germany with offices and lab spaces. Our manufacturing site is located in Finland (north of Helsinki) where our enzymes are being produced and researched. We are striving to leverage our stronggrowth prospects, state-of-the-art R&D, flat structure, and a thriving and employee-focused culture to bring on board talents who are motivated to contribute to our collective success, develop themselves, and want to make a real difference. For more information visit our website

The Role

We are seeking a skilled Junior Bioinformatician to enhance our R&D capabilities. The Bioinformatician will be part of the Bioinformatics team in R&D working closely with scientists from the Molecular Biology team.

The primary tasks of this role would be:

• Genomics data processing and analysis to develop and optimize our company’s proprietary production platforms (Trichoderma, Bacillus and Aspergillus).
• Implement programs, workflows and pipelines to automate processing and analysis of R&D data (genomics and other).
• Support product registration by preparing whole genome sequencing based analyses (and reports) for product registration.
• Give computational biology support in product development projects by working together with the cross-functional project teams and the key internal stakeholders.
• Omics data analysis and experiment design.

About You

Required:

• Degree in Bioinformatics, or in adjacent sciences (e.g. Computational Biology, Genetics, Data Science, Molecular Biology), or equivalent experience with a natural science background.
• Experience in fungal and/or bacterial genomics (genome assembly, variant calling, verification of genetic modifications) and data analysis in a Linux environment.
• Experience with developing and maintaining workflows (Nextflow).
• Familiar with version control (git).
• Demonstrable skills in programming (e.g. R, Python).
• A reliable team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• You are capable of innovative thinking and proactive problem solving.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Familiarity with enzyme technology or proteomics.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure (Azure).
• Have a sense of humour.
• Have a passion for learning.

Why Us

• An opportunity in an exciting and growing industry with business development prospects which are based on a future proof & sustainable technology.
• An international working environment with the chance to further develop yourself personally and professionally.
• A challenging and multifaceted employment opportunity with long-term perspective in a fast-growing leading company in the enzyme industry.
• A progressive, team-oriented management which supports you through open communication and accessibility.
• A modern, creative and innovative company that achieves success through its people.
• You will find a collaborative and open-minded culture, flat hierarchies and a ‘people first’ attitude.
• Future career opportunities through our ABF network.
• The possibility to mobile working.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications – regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity.

If you are interested in this position, we look forward to receiving your application together with your salary expectations.

Please submit your CV and application latest by December 15, 2025. Please note that we will process applications received already within the application period.