We are looking for our first dedicated data engineer to define and build the shared data foundation for a complex, high-value scientific estate.
Tropic has built a decade of proprietary scientific evidence spanning gene-editing outcomes, field trials, genotyping, phenotyping and product decisions. This role will make that evidence more connected, traceable and reusable, enabling scientists and AI applications to learn from previous results and improve future crop-development decisions.
You will define the architecture that connects Tropic's scientific and operational data through shared identifiers, metadata, lineage and governance. Working with Bioinformatics, IT and business data owners, you will recommend the data engineering stack to support AI programmes across science, commercial, pipeline and supply.
Within your first year, you will launch the first connected scientific data layer and operationalise the shared architecture supporting Tropic's AI programs connecting genome-editing designs with experimental, genotyping and phenotypic outcomes so that we can systematically learn from our own data and improve future design decisions. The architecture developed through this work will provide a foundation for wider scientific, operational, analytics and AI applications.
What you will do
Essential skills and experience
Desirable skills and experience
Experience in one or more of the following would be an advantage, but is not required:
About Us
Tropic is one of the world’s leading agricultural gene-editing companies. Our team is dedicated to the development and commercialization of high-performing varieties of tropical crops to provide significant benefits to growers, processors, and consumers globally, tackling real-world problems around food security and sustainability.
Our vision is to become a leading seed business with significant ownership of its products from the laboratory to the field, while maintaining constructive relationships with growers and consumers based on transparency and trust.
Why Join Tropic?
Competitive compensation and benefits including Private Health Care, Medical Cash Plan, 25 days annual leave and Life Assurance
Excellent learning and career development opportunities
Diverse workforce operating in a dynamic working environment
Further Information
Job Location – Norwich UK (on-site two days a week)
Time Requirement – Full Time
Contract – Permanent
Closing date – 20/09/2026
Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.
Open job postingAbout the company
Tropic Biosciences is a UK-based agricultural technology company focused on developing high-yield, disease-resistant banana varieties.