Careers at Computomics

Create a positive impact.

Our Vision

We bring sustainable economic success to our clients by enabling them to produce stable, added-value crops, thus contributing to resource-efficient agriculture that can feed the planet.

We provide bioinformatics services for the analysis of next-generation sequencing data of DNA and RNA, from experimental design up to complex interpretations.

Our Core Values

Driving Sustainable Agriculture

We are passionate about contributing to a sustainable future through meaningful agriculture solutions for food safety and security.

Creating Impactful Solutions

We are dedicated to creating innovative solutions that drive the success of our customers and communities.

Building Computomics' Culture

We are creating a team environment that encourages collaboration, appreciation, mutual respect, diversity and inclusion.

Working for Computomics

Computomics offers the opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial, open, and intellectually challenging culture. We focus on quality and professionalism and aim to have amicable relationships with our clients, our partners, and among ourselves. We also offer an attractive compensation package.

We prefer ownership over hierarchy, and we facilitate learning and venturing. We work with bright, talented people in a challenging, diverse, and rapidly evolving domain. At Computomics, we foster the combination of innovation and focus. We combine accountability with responsibility, encourage initiative, teamwork, and respectful, candid and open communication.

As we grow our organization, we want you to grow with us, and make a difference.

Your benefits

Working in an innovative, dynamic and international company
Work-Life-balance
Flexible working hours (full-time or part-time)
Home Office / mobile working partially possible
Family-friendly workplace
Healthy working environment with an international, openminded and supportive team
Ergonomic office furniture and equipment

Continuous training, education and in-house knowledge transfer
Fresh fruit, sweets, coffee, tea and water free of charge
JobRad (bike-leasing)
Company events (BBQ, company outing etc.)
Centrally located in downtown Tübingen
Chance to grow with us

Are you interested in joining our team?
If you are passionate and looking for a compelling challenge, please contact us: careers@computomics.com

Open Positions

Sales Professional EMEA (d/f/m)

Computomics is looking for an experienced professional with a proven track record of success in gaining and retaining customers with specific expertise in high-value strategic technical sales. You’re a team player who is proactive in supporting colleagues but can also work autonomously in accessing and organizing customer interactions.

Your key responsibilities are:

Work with sales director to develop specific annual growth plans in designated accounts.
Maintain an effective time and territory management plan.
Present business and technical information.
Identify customer needs and trends.
Follow up enquires and leads.
Maintain customer information utilizing approved information tools and technologies. (CRM)
Timely updates to opportunity funnel and weekly forecast updates.
Healthy funnel management through continual prospecting efforts and the ability to increase business in key accounts throughout different divisions.
Executing account mapping and strategy to identify key players within each account.
Identifying and qualifying specific projects and opportunities within designated accounts.
Networking within designated accounts to fully understand their needs.
Closing business opportunities and engaging internal team and resources as required.
Developing proposals to provide solutions to customer’s needs.
Monitoring sales growth and new opportunities within designated accounts.

Download the complete job description for Sales Professional EMEA (d/f/m) here

We offer:

Flexible work hours
Full-time positions with unlimited contract
Working in an innovative, dynamic and international company based in Tübingen, Germany
Healthy working environment with fresh fruit, coffee, tea and water free of charge as well as access to sports activities
Continuous training, education and in-house knowledge transfer

If you are passionate and interested in a highly interesting challenge, please send your application to careers@computomics.com

Machine Learning Scientist for Plant Breeding (d/f/m)  Full-Time - in Tübingen

Computomics is looking to hire a machine learning scientist or AI expert with a focus on biological datasets.

Your Tasks:

Develop new machine learning methods for predictions of plant phenotypes
Establish novel optimization methods for feature selection
Devise new data integration methods for relevant datasets such as soil, EO, phenotype and genotype
Ensure all formal requirements of grants are kept, in particular timesheets, meeting participation, and reports
Contribute to bioinformatic projects and work with customer data

Your Qualifications:

University degree or comparable qualification in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Mathematics, Plant Science, Quantitative Genetics, or a related field
Either a minimum of 3 years of work experience or a PhD degree
Understanding of plant breeding concepts, genotyping technologies (quantitative and population genetics)
Peer-reviewed publication(s) of machine learning methods or conference contributions
Experience with tools used for software development in a team setting
Design of machine learning methods to enable biological/scientific discovery
Developed new optimization methods for feature selection
Familiar with most of these areas: statistical learning and programming (in Python & R (Shiny)), deep learning, bioinformatics, method development, simulations
Strong problem solving skills, proactive team player
Fluent in English and capable of working autonomously

Download the complete job description here

Our Offer:

Working in an innovative, dynamic and international company
Work-Life-balance
Flexible working hours (full-time or part-time, mobile working partially possible)
Family-friendly workplace
Healthy working environment with an international, openminded and supportive team
Ergonomic office furniture and equipment
Continuous training, education and in-house knowledge transfer
Fresh fruit, sweets, coffee, tea and water free of charge
JobRad (bike-leasing)
Company events (BBQ, company outing etc.)
Centrally located in downtown Tübingen
Chance to grow with us

If you are passionate and looking for a highly interesting challenge, please send your application to careers@computomics.com

Werkstudent/Masterand (Bio)Informatik - All About Pangenome (d/m/w) in Tübingen

Pangenome: Aligned sequences from multiple individuals of a species
Pangenome Graph: Compressed data structure to store a pangenome
Pantograph: Computomics’ interactive pangenome browser

Your Opportunities

Setting up showcase pangenome visualizations with Pantograph (plants and/or 1,000 humans) (Applied Bioinformatics)
Integrating gene expression data into Pantograph (Backend and Frontend work: C++ and TypeScript)
Streamlining pangenome-based genotyping (Applied Bioinformatics)
Improving the visualization of repeat sequences (Algorithm development in arbitrary programming language, e.g. Python, Rust, C++, …)

Your Qualifications and skills

University degree in bioinformatics/quantitative biology/mathematics or a similar discipline
Experience in programming, shell scripting, and data management in HPC
Basic knowledge of genetics and next-generation sequencing
Familiarity with genomic datasets is a plus
Good oral and written communication in English
Capable of working autonomously as well as a proactive team player

Download the complete description for Werkstudent/Masterand (Bio)Informatik - All About Pangenome (d/m/w) here

We Offer:

6-month master thesis, alternatively an internship
Working from the Computomics office in Tübingen
Partial mobile work possible
Flexible work hours
Ergonomic office furniture and equipment
Training, education and in-house knowledge transfer
Working in an innovative, dynamic and international company

If you are passionate and interested in a highly interesting challenge, please e-mail us at careers@computomics.com

HR Administrator (d/f/m) part time/ full time - in Tübingen

Computomics is expanding its HR team and is looking for an HR administrator to complement the existing team. We are looking for a team player who is proactive in supporting colleagues and also capable of working autonomously.

Your tasks:

Support with all administrative personnel issues
Preparation of employment contracts, certificates and attestations
Communication with external payroll provider
Assist with applicant management
Maintenance of personnel database
Answer employees inquiries about HR-related issues
Support and organization of employee & company events (such as travel accommodations)

Your Qualifications:

Professional training or studies in the commercial field, ideally with a focus on human resources
Work experience is a plus
Absolute discretion, integrity and loyalty
Ability to work in a team, communication skills and hands-on mentality
Good knowledge of German and English, both written and spoken
Independent, structured, reliable and service-oriented way of working
Digital literacy

Download the complete job description here

Our offer:

Working in an innovative, dynamic and international company
Work-Life-balance
Flexible working hours (full-time or part-time, mobile working partially possible)
Family-friendly workplace
Healthy working environment with an international, openminded and supportive team
Ergonomic office furniture and equipment
Continuous training, education and in-house knowledge transfer
Fresh fruit, sweets, coffee, tea and water free of charge
Company pension scheme
JobRad (bike-leasing)
Regular company events (BBQ, company outing etc.)
Centrally located in downtown Tübingen
Chance to grow with us

For more information or to apply, please contact: careers@computomics.com

Employee Feedback

Family-Friendly Workplace

We are a member of the "Success Factor Family" program. This corporate program provides impetus for improving the compatibility of family and career by employers, bundles information on the topic of family-friendly working environments and offers examples of success and reports on the experiences of family-friendly companies. The program offers a wide selection of practical examples, studies and guides on topics such as working time arrangements, corporate culture, father-friendly HR policies and HR marketing.

Meaningful work

If you're looking for a job in a company that makes a real contribution, you've come to the right place. Computomics is committed to a journey towards a sustainable future. Our greatest asset is our unique predictive plant breeding technology. It enables better and faster development of crop varieties for specific climates and changing environments. Simply put, it’s the machine learning technology behind all future crops. As part of the team you are helping solve global agriculture's most pressing problems.