Job title: Field Bioinformatics Scientist (Junior–Mid Level)

Location: Herston, Brisbane

Employment type: Full Time Expand Your Horizons and Promote Advanced Life Science Tools for Future Healthcare with MGI #OMICS FOR ALL #Leading Life Science Innovation About BGI

BGI Group was founded in 1999 in China with the vision of using genomics for the benefit of mankind and has since become the largest genomics organization in the world. With over 10,000 employees, BGI operates in more than 100 countries, focusing on research and applications in healthcare, agriculture, conservation, and environmental fields. BGI has a proven track record of innovative, high-profile research, which has generated over 4,500 publications, with 420+ publications in top-tier journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

Additionally, in the field of R&D;, BGI was ranked No.1 among corporations in the life science/biotechnology sector in the Asia-Pacific region and No.5 worldwide by Nature Index. About MGI

MGI is one of the subsidiaries of BGI Group, it is committed to building core tools and technology to lead life science through intelligent innovation. With a focus on R&D;, production, and sales of DNA sequencing instruments, reagents, and related products, MGI provides real-time, panoramic, and full-life-cycle equipment and systems for precision medicine, precision agriculture, precision healthcare, and other relevant industries. MGI is a leading producer and one of the few companies in the world that can independently develop and mass-produce clinical high-throughput gene sequencers, its multi-omics platforms include genetic sequencing, medical imaging, and laboratory automation.

Our Mission is to develop and promote advanced life science tools for future healthcare, and to transform people’s lives for the better. We don’t hesitate to make bold decisions that can help us achieve new breakthroughs.



We believe that the success of our business will mean a better world for people to live in.

Our Message to the world is simple: lead in life science innovation, make everyone’s life healthier and longer. Your duties as an FBS include but are not limited to the following:

Design, develop, optimize, and maintain in-house bioinformatics pipelines and genomics analysis applications.

Understand customer research needs and provide bioinformatics solutions and customized analysis workflows.

Provide technical support to global sales teams and customers by troubleshooting bioinformatics, sequencing, and application-related issues.

Collaborate with FAS, FSE, Product Managers, and R&D; to deliver customized solutions, provide product feedback, and support product improvements.

Develop, optimize, and support laboratory automation workflows and instrumentation, including hardware troubleshooting, performance evaluation, and analysis of experimental data to improve workflow efficiency and reliability.

Evaluate new bioinformatics software, tools, and analytical methods, applying best-practice statistical and computational approaches.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of sequencing technologies, bioinformatics methods, MGI products, and industry trends.

Provide technical pre-sales and post-sales support, including FPGA-related applications where required.

Deliver customer training, technical workshops, and webinars for customers and internal sales teams.

Maintain technical documentation, including training materials, SOPs, FAQs, presentations, videos, and knowledge base content. The successful candidates for this position can demonstrate:





Bachelor's degree or above with 3+ years’ experience in academic or industrial settings in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Biostatistics or Computer Science, or equivalent experience.

Experience in developing next-generation sequencing data analysis methods for DNA,RNA and Long read analysis.

Experience with scripting languages, including Python, bash, Perl, C++ and R.

Excellent communication skills and ability to describe complex process and result to audiences with diverse backgrounds.

Ability to contribute independently and collaboratively, manage progress of assigned tasks, and work in a fast-paced setting.

Experience with using version control systems such as Git.

Knowledge and experience with a wide range of bioinformatics tools.

Proficiency in using Linux operating system such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Centos, etc.

Proficiency in Mandarin is not required but will be considered a strong advantage. Here at BGI, we value people and consider our employees as partners. We have created a transparent, fair, and friendly environment. We implement an agile approach to management, providing each partner with enough independence as well as guidance. We take care of our partners’ physical and mental health and are dedicated to a life-work balance corporate culture.

Not only do we bring life science closer to people, but we also participate in various charity programs, advocate for nature preservation, and support equality. We condemn any form of discrimination and are committed to providing job opportunities to everyone regardless of sex, race, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship status, and more. Let’s move to a brighter and more equal future together and deliver #Omicsforall

📌 Field Bioinformatics Scientist (Queensland)
🏢 MGI
📍 Queensland