Bioinformatics Software Engineer - Big Data Pipelines

European Molecular Biology Laboratory; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working patterns

Private medical insurance

30 days annual leave

Job summary

EMBL-EBI in Cambridgeshire seeks a Software Engineer to design and develop robust modules and scalable workflows for data release and management of the UniProt resource. You will produce clear, well-tested code and work with biologists and scientists.

The role requires a degree in Computer Science, at least 3 years in production software, experience with Java or Python, Agile, Git and Unix. You will collaborate with the Ensembl team on data imports and big data technologies.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• Software Engineer with at least 3 years of professional experience in software development in a production environment.
• Experience in Agile processes.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience in Java and/or Python development.
• Experience in Git and basic Unix commands.

Responsibilities

• Design, development, test, document and maintenance of software for the import production pipeline; liaise with the Ensembl team on data imports.
• Assist with the data analysis and data processing algorithms.
• Support and maintain the resource production and service release.
• Engage and coordinate work with different teams in the organization.
• Assist with innovative programming and big data technologies.
• Assist with programming standards to promote best practices.

Skills

Java

Python

Agile

Git

Unix

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Apache Spark

Job description

EMBL-EBI in Cambridgeshire seeks a Software Engineer to design and develop robust modules and scalable workflows for data release and management of the UniProt resource. You will produce clear, well-tested code and work with biologists and scientists.

The role requires a degree in Computer Science, at least 3 years in production software, experience with Java or Python, Agile, Git and Unix. You will collaborate with the Ensembl team on data imports and big data technologies.