One branch of Bioinformatics is the use of techniques that involve manipulating data via computers to solve complex biological problems. Bioinformatics Software Developers are the people who create the programs that are used to gather and organize scientific information. For example, they may create the computer programs that Molecular Modelers use in their work.

Bioinformatics Software Developers must integrate two kinds of knowledge: scientific knowledge such as chemistry and biochemistry, and computer and technology knowledge. By integrating these two kinds of knowledge they can create software tools that measure, store, retrieve and organize data in specific ways. Other Bioinformaticians then use the computer program in their research.

Bioinformatics Software Developers must have excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and be familiar with several different computer languages as well as an array of software development tools. They should be able to work independently, and work well as part of a larger team, too.