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Job Description We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Bioinformatician/ Software Developer to work on the GWAS Catalog project (www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas). You will join the Samples, Phenotypes and Ontologies team at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). The GWAS Catalog project is a manually curated, high quality repository of all published genome wide association studies and has been running since 2008. It is considered the “go-to” resource for looking up findings relating human genotype to phenotype associations. The Catalog is a joint collaboration between EMBL-EBI and NIH-NHGRI, and in 2015 the Catalog was relocated to EBI with an entirely new infrastructure. Having spent most of the last two years migrating the Catalog and ensuring a robust platform, we’re moving into a phase of the project of enhancements and new feature development. So if you’re a passionate but responsive developer who enjoys working with users to identify new requirements, this position is for you. We’re looking for an experienced software developer to join the GWAS Catalog development team to help take our all-new infrastructure to the next level. During that project, there’ll be an opportunity to work collaboratively with members of the GWAS Catalog team, the Samples, Phenotypes and Ontologies Team, and other developers and bioinformaticians at the EBI, the NHGRI and elsewhere to ensure the delivery of the infrastructure of the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog. You should be a strong Java programmer, but you should also be comfortable working with biological problems. You’ll need to be flexible enough to learn new languages to find the right tool for the right problem. You’ll be responsible for the development and maintenance of the GWAS Catalog software using a variety of tools, frameworks and technologies, including Spring, Thymeleaf and Bootstrap. You should also be keen to advance your knowledge of the latest industry standard toolkits to help continuously innovate the Catalog. You should be enthusiastic about full-stack development, as you’ll be expected to develop, test and deploy tools from database to user interface. The Samples, Phenotypes and Ontologies Team practices agile development methodologies, so you should have experience in working in agile teams or be keen to learn. At EMBL-EBI, we help scientists realise the potential of ‘big data’ in biology by enabling them to exploit complex information to make discoveries that benefit mankind. Working for EMBL-EBI gives you an opportunity to apply your skills and energy for the greater good. As part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), we are a non-profit, intergovernmental organisation funded by 21 member states and two associate member states and proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are located on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK, and our 600 staff are engineers, technicians, scientists and other professionals from all over the world. Qualifications and Experience The ideal candidate will hold either an undergraduate degree in biology or have several years experience working in a bioinformatics environment, and a masters degree in either computer science of bioinformatics. You must be an experienced Java programmer and you’ll need to be able to demonstrate a good understanding of all aspects of full stack development, including SQL, Javascript and HTML. You should have experience of working in a Unix/Linux environment and of working with version control technologies, ideally Git or SVN. Previous experience with Solr, Lucene or Elastic search is desirable. Prior experience of working with ontologies or semantic web technology is not required but would be an advantage. You should be a strong Java programmer, but you should also be comfortable working with biological problems. You’ll need to be flexible enough to learn new languages to find the right tool for the right problem. You’ll be responsible for the development and maintenance of the GWAS Catalog software using a variety of tools, frameworks and technologies, including Spring, Thymeleaf and Bootstrap. You should also be keen to advance your knowledge of the latest industry standard toolkits to help continuously innovate the Catalog. You should be enthusiastic about full-stack development, as you’ll be expected to develop, test and deploy tools from database to user interface. The Samples, Phenotypes and Ontologies Team practices agile development methodologies, so you should have experience in working in agile teams or be keen to learn. You will also need to be capable of working with non-technical biologists to maintain a strong focus on the biological requirements of the GWAS Catalog, and ideally have familiarity with conducting user experience testing to ensure that the Catalog is tailored to our users requirements. If you have a biological background, or have worked in a bioinformatics environment in the past, you’ll have a distinct advantage. Key responsibilities of this post are:
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Job Description We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated Bioinformatician/ Software Developer to work on the GWAS Catalog project (www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas). You will join the Samples, Phenotypes and Ontologies team at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). The GWAS Catalog project is a manually curated, high quality repository of all published genome wide association studies and has been running since 2008. It is considered the “go-to” resource for looking up findings relating human genotype to phenotype associations. The Catalog is a joint collaboration between EMBL-EBI and NIH-NHGRI, and in 2015 the Catalog was relocated to EBI with an entirely new infrastructure. Having spent most of the last two years migrating the Catalog and ensuring a robust platform, we’re moving into a phase of the project of enhancements and new feature development. So if you’re a passionate but responsive developer who enjoys working with users to identify new requirements, this position is for you. We’re looking for an experienced software developer to join the GWAS Catalog development team to help take our all-new infrastructure to the next level. During that project, there’ll be an opportunity to work collaboratively with members of the GWAS Catalog team, the Samples, Phenotypes and Ontologies Team, and other developers and bioinformaticians at the EBI, the NHGRI and elsewhere to ensure the delivery of the infrastructure of the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog. You should be a strong Java programmer, but you should also be comfortable working with biological problems. You’ll need to be flexible enough to learn new languages to find the right tool for the right problem. You’ll be responsible for the development and maintenance of the GWAS Catalog software using a variety of tools, frameworks and technologies, including Spring, Thymeleaf and Bootstrap. You should also be keen to advance your knowledge of the latest industry standard toolkits to help continuously innovate the Catalog. You should be enthusiastic about full-stack development, as you’ll be expected to develop, test and deploy tools from database to user interface. The Samples, Phenotypes and Ontologies Team practices agile development methodologies, so you should have experience in working in agile teams or be keen to learn. At EMBL-EBI, we help scientists realise the potential of ‘big data’ in biology by enabling them to exploit complex information to make discoveries that benefit mankind. Working for EMBL-EBI gives you an opportunity to apply your skills and energy for the greater good. As part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), we are a non-profit, intergovernmental organisation funded by 21 member states and two associate member states and proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are located on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK, and our 600 staff are engineers, technicians, scientists and other professionals from all over the world. Qualifications and Experience The ideal candidate will hold either an undergraduate degree in biology or have several years experience working in a bioinformatics environment, and a masters degree in either computer science of bioinformatics. You must be an experienced Java programmer and you’ll need to be able to demonstrate a good understanding of all aspects of full stack development, including SQL, Javascript and HTML. You should have experience of working in a Unix/Linux environment and of working with version control technologies, ideally Git or SVN. Previous experience with Solr, Lucene or Elastic search is desirable. Prior experience of working with ontologies or semantic web technology is not required but would be an advantage. You should be a strong Java programmer, but you should also be comfortable working with biological problems. You’ll need to be flexible enough to learn new languages to find the right tool for the right problem. You’ll be responsible for the development and maintenance of the GWAS Catalog software using a variety of tools, frameworks and technologies, including Spring, Thymeleaf and Bootstrap. You should also be keen to advance your knowledge of the latest industry standard toolkits to help continuously innovate the Catalog. You should be enthusiastic about full-stack development, as you’ll be expected to develop, test and deploy tools from database to user interface. The Samples, Phenotypes and Ontologies Team practices agile development methodologies, so you should have experience in working in agile teams or be keen to learn. You will also need to be capable of working with non-technical biologists to maintain a strong focus on the biological requirements of the GWAS Catalog, and ideally have familiarity with conducting user experience testing to ensure that the Catalog is tailored to our users requirements. If you have a biological background, or have worked in a bioinformatics environment in the past, you’ll have a distinct advantage. Key responsibilities of this post are:
- Developing and maintaining NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog software using a combination of technologies
- Developing new applications to complement and replace the existing NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog infrastructure
- This might include developing a new curation interface, or building a pipeline for mapping GWAS data to other genomic resources like Ensembl or dbGaP
- Liaising with users to gather requirements and translating these into technical specifications and test plans
- Work as part of a team that follows the Agile model of software development involving sprints in which user requirements are prioritised via issue tracking software
- Configure and deploy software using version control and continuous integration tools
- Investigating new technologies which could be utilised in NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog development and within the wider SPOT team
- Representing the SPOT/NHGRI-EBI GWAS team at meetings and conferences of both a biological and technical nature held with collaborators and by external organisations
- Understand the role of ontologies and semantic web technologies in order to develop applications capable of semantically enriching the raw GWAS data by annotation to ontologies. Prior experience of working with OWL/OBO formats would be desirable.
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