Web Front-end Developer (RE2)

Barcelona Supercomputing Center; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading research center in Barcelona seeks a candidate to lead the design and implementation of OpenEBench visual interfaces. You will develop and maintain research software for biological data integration, ensuring alignment with ELIXIR guidelines. The ideal candidate possesses a BSc or MSc in a relevant field, at least 2 years of professional experience, and is proficient in web-development frameworks. This full-time role offers a competitive salary, flexible working hours, and additional benefits.

Servicios

Flexible working hours

Extensive training plan

Private health insurance

Restaurant tickets

Formación

• At least 2 years of experience similar to this role.
• Experience with web-development frameworks such as Angular or React.
• Fluency in English and basic knowledge of Spanish.

Responsabilidades

• Lead design and implementation of OpenEBench visual interfaces.
• Develop and maintain research software for biological data integration.
• Supervise technical developments of junior team members.

Conocimientos

Web-development frameworks

User-Centered Design

Database design and management

Scientific literature comprehension

Communication of scientific results

Educación

BSc or MSc in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Sciences or Multimedia Engineering

Herramientas

Angular

React

MySQL/MariaDB

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Descripción del empleo

Context and Mission

The Technologies for Biomedical Research Lab (TechBioLab) within the Life Sciences Department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) brings together specialised teams to enable research activities in the Life Sciences. These teams cover a range of areas, including research data and software, infrastructure for centralized and federated analysis and learning, etc. From a technical perspective, TechBioLab’s activities focus on developing infrastructures that support Life Sciences research, including software components for bioinformatics, research data management—especially in healthcare—and scientific and technical benchmarking of research software in close collaboration with various communities and projects. Special attention is given to technological developments enabling the analysis of sensitive data in federated settings. This approach facilitates the generation of AI models without requiring data to be moved from its original site. Complementing these efforts, the lab also contributes to the development of Trusted Research Environments that enable the use of research data on single sites under specific, configurable usage conditions.

The laboratory coordinates the Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (INB). The Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute (INB) is the major bioinformatics platform in Spain and the Spanish node of ELIXIR. ELIXIR (European Life Science Infrastructure for Biological Information) is a pan-European organization founded in 2014 which aims to integrate and harmonize European bioinformatics infrastructures. ELIXIR coordinates the participation of more than 22 countries; engages with other strategic European initiatives and projects, Research Data Alliance, EUDat and EGI; promotes specific training activities and workshops on ELIXIR resources, partners with industry, and play a key role in shaping the bioinformatics landscape. Within ELIXIR, the INB is responsible for the bioinformatics infrastructure offered by Spain and, therefore, should guarantee its alignment with the strategic areas put forward by ELIXIR.

Since 2018, the INB has two overarching objectives: deepen the alignment of its activities with ELIXIR, and increase the translational impact of INB actions towards the Spanish National Health System (SNS). For the latter objective, the INB has created and supports TransBioNet (Translational Bioinformatics Network), which aims to structure, bring together and work with bioinformatics groups in healthcare settings with a particular focus on the Health Research Institutes (IIS) recognized by the ISCIII.

The INB coordinates the Data Science programme within the Spanish Infrastructure for Personalized Medicine associated with Science and Technology (IMPaCT in Spanish), which aims to establish an interoperable framework for biomedical data integration and analysis, addressing questions from clinicians through the implementation of computing systems in health environments. This programme will prepare clinical data in Spain for secondary use, including medical imaging, structured and non-structured clinical data and genomics, considering all the legal provisions for each possible use and setting. This programme will involve the liaison with diverse stakeholders, including hospitals, the ISCIII, companies in the biomedical sector, the Spanish Medicines Agency and biomedical researchers, among others. All developments will be aligned with the European initiatives in the area, including those from ELIXIR, 1+Million Genomes, the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health and data-sharing projects such as FAIR4Health, HealthyCloud and TEHDAS. In 2023 the INB, the Spanish Node of ELIXIR, renovated its portfolio of bioinformatics resources, including platforms, databases, individual tools and web-services. This portfolio, known as Service Delivery Plan (SDP), constitutes the scientific-technical contribution of Spain to ELIXIR.

The candidate will join a dynamic Life Sciences department team, working in the highly cooperative, multidisciplinary, distributed context of ELIXIR and INB (Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute/ELIXIR-ES) and related national initiatives, such as TransBioNet.

OpenEBench (), an initiative developed within ELIXIR, aims to provide a permanent platform to support community‑led scientific benchmarking activities and the technical monitoring of research software in Life Sciences. OpenEBench provides, on the one hand, support to scientific communities to perform a critical evaluation of the scientific performance of methods and tools in specific domains. On the other hand, OpenEBench maintains a Tools Monitoring section, holding updated metadata for bioinformatics tools extracted from data sources like , Bioconda, and Galaxy, among others, and providing live analysis of several metrics regarding availability, documentation or license availability, among others. The ultimate goal of OpenEBench is to provide an observatory of the quality of the Life Sciences research software, which can provide an overall view of the field and support the generation of development best practices and their progressive adoption.

Key Duties

• Take the lead on the design and implementation of the OpenEBench visual interfaces.
• Develop, document and maintain research software for the integration and biological data, following the guidelines of ELIXIR.
• Maintain communication with ELIXIR platforms, communities, and management, and participate in regular meetings and discussions.
• Contribute to supervising technical developments of junior members at the TechBioLab.

Requirements

• Education
  • BSc or MSc degrees in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Sciences or Multimedia Engineering with relevant experience in the development of visual interfaces.
• Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • At least 2 years of professional experience with a similar role.
  • At least 2 years of experience with web-development framework like , Angular, React or similar.
  • At least 2 years of User‑Centered Design experience.
  • Experience in database design and management (SQL and noSQL): MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite or similar; MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Cassandra or similar.
  • Experience with advanced software packaging procedures.
  • Experience in software quality management.
  • Experience working with Unix/Linux systems.
• Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
  • Experience in developing, generating and using software containers, , Singularity and/or rkt, and their orchestration using docker compose, Kubernetes, ansible and/or similar technologies.
  • Experience in developing project technical specifications.
  • Fluency in English, written and spoken.
  • At least basic knowledge of Spanish.
• Competences
  • Ability to understand scientific literature and software documentation.
  • Ability to communicate scientific results.
  • Ability to work independently and in coordination with other internal and external team members.
  • Ability to represent the team in international project meetings.
  • Used to work under pressure under strict deadlines.

Conditions

• The position will be located at BSC within the Life Sciences Department.
• We offer a full‑time contract a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures.
• Duration: Open‑ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration.
• Holidays: 22 days of holidays + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement.
• Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona.
• Starting date: asap.