Front-End Developer - Hybrid, Data-Driven Web UI

European Molecular Biology Laboratory; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working pattern (1–2 days on‑s

Private medical insurance for you and

30 days annual leave

Relocation package

Job summary

EMBL-EBI is seeking an experienced Front-End Developer for the Literature Services team at the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge, UK. You will build fast, accessible interfaces for Europe PMC and collaborate across UX, product, back-end, and data science teams.

You will translate user needs into robust front-end applications, contribute to a scalable architecture, and help improve performance, accessibility and maintainability of the service.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript and modern web development standards.
• Experience with front-end frameworks like React or Vue.
• Experience building reusable components and maintaining front-end architectures.
• Experience integrating with REST APIs and working with JSON.
• Understanding of web performance, accessibility, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain accessible, responsive web interfaces for Europe PMC.
• Build reusable front-end components and contribute to a consistent design system.
• Translate UX designs into production-ready interfaces.
• Create data-rich interfaces for search, filtering, article pages and workflows.
• Integrate front-end apps with APIs and JSON data.
• Optimize front-end performance and asset delivery.
• Develop automated tests and contribute to CI/CD practices.
• Participate in code reviews and architectural discussions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX, data scientists and engineers.

Skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

React

Vue

REST APIs

Git

Web accessibility

Tools

React

Vue

Git

Job description

EMBL-EBI is seeking an experienced Front-End Developer for the Literature Services team at the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge, UK. You will build fast, accessible interfaces for Europe PMC and collaborate across UX, product, back-end, and data science teams.

You will translate user needs into robust front-end applications, contribute to a scalable architecture, and help improve performance, accessibility and maintainability of the service.