About Us

AB Enzymes, 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 of food, animal feed and industrial enzymes. With our expertise in the global enzymes business, we help our customers to make their industrial processes more sustainable, 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. We closely cooperate with our partnering business AB Enzymes Finland Oy (located north of Helsinki) where our enzymes are being produced and researched. We are striving to leverage our strong growth 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 www.abenzymes.com.

The Role

We are seeking a skilled 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:

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

About You

• Master’s 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 genomics, transcriptomics and/or data analysis in a Linux environment with advanced Bio-IT tools.
• Demonstrable skills in R or 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
• Bonus points:
• Familiarity with enzyme technology, fungal and/or bacterial genomics, or proteomics 
• Experience working with Nextflow (including writing and maintaining workflows), version control (e.g. git), or cloud infrastructure (Azure). 
• Speak German
• 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
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• 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.

For more information, please contact Team Leader Digitalization & Bioinformatics - Nick Tobias (nick.tobias@abenzymes.com / +49 152 244 24533) on April 30th 14:30 – 15:00 or May 12th 9:30-10:00