Senior AI​/ML Bioinformatician

Reporting to: Principle Laboratory Research Scientist - Bioinformatics & Biostatistics Platform

Working pattern
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This is a full-time, permanent position on Crick terms and conditions of employment.

Salary
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From £54,620 per annum with benefits, subject to skills and experience.

Final date to receive applications
: 4th of October 2026 at 23:59

The Francis Crick Institute is Europe’s largest biomedical research institute under one roof. Our world-class scientists and staff collaborate on vital research to help prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative conditions.

The Crick is a place for collaboration, innovation and exploration across many disciplines. A space where the brightest minds can pursue big and bold ideas and discover answers to crucial scientific questions. We support them in a dynamic environment which fosters excellence with state-of-the-art infrastructure, cutting-edge facilities, and a creative and curious culture. We’ve removed traditional boundaries of departments, divisions and disciplines and instead have an open approach that supports every researcher.

This gives us the freedom to take risks and carry out high-quality, pioneering research. Creating a space for discovery without boundaries helps us to turn our science into benefits for human health and the economy.

We are looking for a collaborative and self-motivated Senior Bioinformaticians with extensive AI/ML experience analysing biomedical data in a research environment to join the Bioinformatics and Biostatistics team. You will collaborate with leading scientists to analyse complex biological datasets, uncover new insights, and accelerate discoveries that improve human health. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and innovative researcher to apply advanced computational approaches across a diverse range of scientific projects while contributing to a collaborative, technology-driven research environment.

As a Senior Bioinformatician, you will partner with researchers across the Francis Crick Institute to provide advice and analyses of complex omics, imaging, and clinical datasets, turning data into meaningful biological insights. You’ll play an active role in shaping experimental design, developing innovative analytical approaches, and delivering impactful discoveries. Working within a highly collaborative team, you will also have opportunities to publish research, build bespoke analysis pipelines, and mentor others, making a lasting contribution to both scientific advancement and capability development.

• Provide AI/ML expertise to help Francis Crick scientists achieve their research objectives.
• Provide expertise to inform on the experimental and analysis design process.
• Analyse complex biomedical data, using a wide range of biological resources, as well as Agentic AI, LLM and AI/ML methods to deliver on complex bespoke analysis goals.
• Interpret, evaluate and apply novel analysis approaches to build bespoke analysis tools to solve analysis questions.
• Apply analysis expertise to help scientists interpret results and make research decisions.
• Work independently at all points of the data analysis workflow.
• Help to develop others by mentoring and sharing expertise and experience: fellow team members with your specific skillsets, as well as biologists by coaching them to deliver specialised analysis.
• Help to support and develop group project management and reporting procedures.

You will have:

• A degree in a relevant subject with an extensive analytical component e.g. bioinformatics, statistics, molecular biology or mathematics.*
• Significant experience with varied types of…