Lab Informatics Engineer

Salary: £80,000 - 105,000 per year

Requirements:

• MSc (or equivalent) in Bioinformatics, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related scientific field.
• Experience working within pharma, biotech, or life sciences R&D environments.
• Hands-on experience implementing or optimizing laboratory informatics systems (e.g., ELN, LIMS, SDMS).
• Strong understanding of scientific workflows and experimental data lifecycle management.
• Experience with data modelling concepts and metadata standards; familiarity with FAIR data principles is highly desirable.
• Programming or scripting experience (e.g., Python, R, SQL) and experience integrating systems using APIs (REST, GraphQL).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across scientific and technical teams.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), laboratory automation systems, or bioinformatics data pipelines would be an advantage.
• We welcome candidates with transferable technical and digital skills who are motivated to apply their expertise in a scientific R&D setting.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation, configuration, and optimization of laboratory informatics systems (e.g., ELN, LIMS, SDMS) to enhance scientific workflows.
• Partner with R&D scientists to translate experimental processes into structured, scalable digital solutions.
• Design and implement data models, templates, metadata structures, and workflows aligned with FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data principles.
• Build and maintain integrations between lab platforms, analytics tools, automation systems, and cloud-based environments using APIs and middleware.
• Develop robust data flows that improve interoperability, reduce manual effort, and ensure high-quality experimental data capture.
• Contribute to digital architecture discussions and help shape the evolution of our R&D data ecosystem.
• Deliver user training, documentation, and ongoing support to drive adoption and continuous improvement of digital lab solutions.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• GCP
• GraphQL
• Support
• Python
• REST
• SQL
• DevOps

More:

We are Lonza, and our Biologics R&D team offers an opportunity to shape the digital future of laboratory science in Slough, UK, with the actual location of this role in Slough, United Kingdom. We provide an agile career and dynamic working culture, an inclusive and ethical workplace, compensation programs that recognize high performance, and a variety of benefits depending on role and location. With 30+ sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values of Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion and Integrity guide how we work, and we value diversity and inclusion across all backgrounds. This full-time role sits within a cutting-edge R&D environment where we collaborate with scientists, automation engineers, and IT specialists to support digital transformation.

last updated 36 week of 2026