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Scientific Computing Engineer

For our client a pioneering microbiome-driven biotech with a strong clinical pipeline and proprietary gut simulation platforms, we’re looking to recruit a Scientific Computing Engineer to build and optimize end-to-end pipelines in the R&D gut microbiome setting. This position is specifically interesting as you will be part of a young yet strongly growing biotechnology organisation.

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Biotechnical

R&D

Gent - Belgium

40 hours per week

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Sander Westerhout

+31 6 51 66 69 96 s.westerhout@qtcrecruitment.com

About your role

This is how you will make the difference

In this position, you will operate at the intersection of software engineering, DevOps and data science, enabling scalable and reproducible research within a highly data-intensive R&D environment. You will play a pivotal role in strengthening the computational backbone that supports omics analysis, bacterial genomics and translational microbiome research. Moreover, you will:

Develop and maintain HPC and cloud-based infrastructure for scientific applications
Design and implement automated CI/CD pipelines for research software and data workflows
Build and optimise robust data processing and analysis pipelines
Support knowledge extraction, querying and data visualisation tools for R&D teams
Improve performance, scalability and reproducibility of computational code
Ensure best practice version control, containerisation and environment management
Monitor system reliability, security and resource utilisation
Document workflows and provide technical training to internal stakeholders

what's needed

What you bring

You combine strong programming expertise with DevOps capabilities and a solid understanding of data science in a research-driven setting. You are comfortable operating in multidisciplinary biotech teams and can translate scientific challenges into scalable technical solutions

MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Bioinformatics or related discipline
Proven experience supporting R&D teams, ideally in an industry environment
Strong programming skills in Python and R
Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Git and infrastructure as code
Experience with HPC systems and cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Familiarity with container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)
Solid understanding of data science, statistical modelling and machine learning
Affinity with biomedical, microbiology or omics-driven environments

What we offer

What's in it for you

You will join a highly innovative biotech organisation with strong investor backing and a differentiated discovery platform. The role offers both technical ownership and strategic impact within a collaborative and science-driven culture

Direct contribution to cutting-edge microbiome therapeutics development
High degree of autonomy within a technically ambitious Bio-IT team
Exposure to advanced computational and translational research programmes
International and multidisciplinary working environment
Opportunities for further professional and technical development
Competitive compensation aligned with seniority and impact
Long-term growth perspective within a scaling biotech

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