Also called: Bioinformatics Data Engineer, Scientific Data Engineer
Builds the pipelines and cloud systems that process huge amounts of DNA and biology data.
Writes code that automatically processes thousands of genomes a week on cloud servers, fixes a broken pipeline, and makes data easy for scientists to search.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in computer science or bioinformatics.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Computer Science, Bioinformatics.
Growing much faster than average. Grows with genomic data.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI writes pipeline code, but data volumes keep exploding; engineers who run reliable cloud systems stay needed.
Classes: AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, AP Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1252.
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