Field Applications Scientist, Bioinformatics, AMR West

Job Summary

Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. is seeking a Field Applications Scientist, Bioinformatics, to partner closely with our Sales team and customers. You’ll provide pre- and post-sales technical expertise across our sequencing platforms and software—helping researchers design experiments, analyze data, and achieve successful outcomes while strengthening long-term relationships.

What You’Ll Do

• Partner with Sales to deliver high-quality technical consultations across the sales cycle; provide back-up technical support to adjacent territories.
• Deliver technical presentations, seminars, trainings, and on-site engagements at key accounts and scientific conferences.
• Guide customers on experimental design, software usage, analysis workflows, and best practices for ONT technologies.
• Manage key customer relationships from a technical perspective to ensure successful adoption and outcomes.
• Document and track customer interactions, inquiries, and actions in the CRM.
• Monitor competitive technologies and market trends; share actionable insights with commercial and product teams.

What You’Ll Bring

• Education: PhD in Life Sciences (or equivalent experience in a commercial, customer-facing scientific role).
• Experience: Prior field applications/technical support experience; hands-on experimental design and genomic data analysis (e.g., whole-genome and transcriptome). Long-read sequencing experience is a plus.
• Domain knowledge: Strong foundation in genetics, genomics, molecular biology, cell biology, bioinformatics or related disciplines.
• Data & analysis: Background working with large NGS datasets and pipelines such as genome assembly/annotation, variant calling, structural variants, transcriptomics, or phylogenetics.
• Programming & platforms: Proficiency in one or more of Python, R, Perl; comfortable in Linux/CLI and HPC/cluster environments.
• Tools: Experience with benchmarking tools/workflows/systems is desirable. Proficient with Microsoft Office; Salesforce or similar CRM preferred.
• Soft skills: Excellent written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences; strong troubleshooting and technical writing; ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Nice to have: Experience collaborating across departments/geographies; additional languages a plus.

Travel & work style

• Field-based role with frequent local customer visits and occasional overnight travel (up to ~40%)

Compensation/Benefits

• The salary for this role is between $97,479 and $146,218. The salary offered will reflect the skills and experience of the candidate. 
• Certain roles within ONT are eligible for annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance.  

Employees based in the US have the option to choose healthcare benefits, participate in the company 401(k) plan and company match, we also offer short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and commuter benefits to name a few.  

Company Overview

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe. Oxford Nanopore employs from multiple subject areas including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialization. The management team, led by CEO Dr. Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market. 

Employees based in the US have the option to choose healthcare benefits, participate in the company 401(k) plan and company match, we also offer short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and commuter benefits to name a few.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We select and employ candidates only in accordance with their merits, qualifications, and abilities to perform the duties of the job regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, color, age, disability, sexual orientation, military or veteran status. If you require an accommodation to complete the application or interview process, please contact human.resources@nanoporetech.com  

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.