Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Bioinformatics, Hybrid

Oracle; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible medical benefits

Life insurance

Retirement options

Volunteer programs

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a software engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain cloud platform services in a role requiring strong backend experience and familiarity with bioinformatics workflows. You will implement APIs, data-processing components and automation, working with product managers to translate customer needs into features.

The role expects experience with cloud platforms, distributed systems, and modern CI/CD practices, with frequent collaboration in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, or Python.
• Experience developing backend applications, cloud-native services, distributed-system components, data-processing applications, or workflow systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, microservices, distributed data systems, event-driven architectures, or workflow orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software components for cloud platform services.
• Implement backend services, APIs, data-ingestion and processing components, workflow integrations, automation, and operational tooling.
• Work with engineers and product managers to translate customer scenarios into well-defined software features.
• Contribute to rapid iteration by investigating customer feedback and troubleshooting issues.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

REST APIs

CI/CD

Cloud

Distributed systems

Linux

Bioinformatics

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Nextflow

Snakemake

Cromwell/WDL

CWL

Job description

Oracle is seeking a software engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain cloud platform services in a role requiring strong backend experience and familiarity with bioinformatics workflows. You will implement APIs, data-processing components and automation, working with product managers to translate customer needs into features.

The role expects experience with cloud platforms, distributed systems, and modern CI/CD practices, with frequent collaboration in an Agile environment.