Software Engineer

Job ID: 497841629
Job date: 2017-11-15
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Company : EMBL-EBI 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
We are seeking to recruit an experienced Software Engineer to join the Protein Function development team at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) located on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK.

You will take on a Software developer role working in a highly dynamic software engineering and bioinformatics team with responsibility for the development and maintenance of major international biological data resources, UniProt and the Gene Ontology annotation. You will manage and develop software supporting a new international integration platform in glycoscience. You will be responsible for the design, development and maintenance of software for the Java data service providing biological annotations to resource platform aimed at the scientific community and computational biologists. The role involves close interaction with the GlyGen international consortium and team members. You are expected to be innovative and work with the team in the of the current software components as well as to evaluate and promote new software methods, tools and programming models for a robust and interoperable programming framework.

The primary responsibilities include:

  • Design, development and maintenance of software for the GlyGen data integration platform
  • Assist with programming standards to promote best practices
  • Support the resource production and release pipelines
  • Engage and coordinate work with different teams in the organization
  • Assist with innovative programming and web semantic technologies including RDF.
Qualifications and Experience:

You will have a background in computing, and/or bioinformatics. Proven work experience of programming with Java and RDF Semantic Web standards are essential.

You will be familiar with relational databases (preferably Oracle) and have a general understanding of NoSQL databases, as well as knowledge of SQL and Unix shell scripting (preferably bash).

You will also be familiar with standard development tools (continuous integration e.g. Jenkins, build management e.g. Maven, and source code management systems e.g. GIT, etc). Knowledge of Perl and/or Python would be advantageous, and knowledge of JavaScript and frameworks such as AngularJS would be beneficial.

You will be able to work as part of a focused team, but at the same time self-driven and able to work independently. You will be a structured worker with good communication skills.


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Additional Info:
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), Europe’s flagship laboratory for the life sciences, we are a non-profit, intergovernmental organisation funded by 23 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.

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