Senior Software Developer for Data Curation and Visualization
Visa Sponsorship
Relocation
AI Summary
Contribute to world-leading projects, develop software for data curation, coordination, and visualization, and work with large scientific communities to define metadata standards.
Key Highlights
Contribute to world-leading projects
Develop software for data curation, coordination, and visualization
Work with large scientific communities
Key Responsibilities
Support and development of software to handle data curation, coordination, validation, distribution, and visualization of agriculture, aquaculture, and biodiversity data
Work with large scientific communities to define and implement metadata standards
Develop software to validate and improve data descriptions
Develop, build new project-specific portals, and extend existing web data portals to meet the specific needs of each consortium
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Financial incentives
Annual salary review
Pension scheme
Death benefit
Long-term care
Accident-at-work insurance
Unemployment insurance
Hybrid working arrangements
Private medical insurance
Generous time off
Relocation package
Campus life
Nice to Have
Cloud (GCP or AWS) and popular cloud Big Data tools - BigQuery, Dataflow, Looker
Hands-on containerisation experience (Docker or similar) and orchestration (e.g. with kubernetes)
Job Description
Your role
This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to several world leading projects including:
- Functional Annotation of Animal Genomes project
- European Reference Genome Atlas
- TREC
- AEGIS
The data portals will include Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and bespoke data visualisation and presentation solutions. You will also support efforts for the development of standardised containerised workflows and cloud platform integration.
As part of this team, you will have many opportunities to engage with data generators, project users, and collaborators, to which you will provide guidance and support on utilisation of the team's software and support users to provide rich metadata descriptions.
You will work with a range of data archives at EMBL-EBI, including the ENA and BioSamples, to support each project and community in sharing and gaining access to well described, high quality sample and genomic data.
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- A BSc or MSc in computer science or related fields
- Expertise in Python, including popular Python libraries: NumPy, Pandas, PySpark and frameworks: Django, Django Rest Framework, FastAPI
- Hands-on experience with both relational (e.g. PostgreSQL) and non-relational databases (e.g. Elasticsearch, Redis)
- Extensive experience in data warehousing architecture, big data processing and ETL
- Demonstrable expertise in Unix/Linux environments
- Experience with GIT and working in collaborative software environments
- Willingness to learn new skills as required by the project
- A self-motivated work ethic and be capable of working both independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and English language skills
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- Experience developing or maintaining web-based applications (html, css, Javascript frameworks such as Angular, React)
- Cloud (GCP or AWS) and popular cloud Big Data tools - BigQuery, Dataflow, Looker
- Hands on containerisation experience (Docker or similar) and orchestration (e.g. with kubernetes)
- Experience processing of biological archive data
- Tests and CI/CD
- Financial incentives: depending on circumstances, monthly family/marriage allowance of £278 monthly child allowance of £336 per child. Non resident allowance up to £569per month. Annual salary review, pension scheme, death benefit, long-term care, accident-at-work and unemployment insurances
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Private medical insurance for you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)
- Generous time off: 30 days annual leave per year, in addition to eight bank holidays
- Relocation package including installation grant (as applicable)
- Campus life: Free shuttle bus to and from work, on-site library, subsidised on-site gym and cafeteria, casual dress code, extensive sports and social club activities (on campus and remotely)
- Family benefits: On-site nursery, child sick leave, generous parental leave, holiday clubs on campus and monthly family and child allowances
- Contract duration: This position is a 2 year grant funded contract
- Salary: Monthly salary starting at£3,695.61after tax but excl. pension & insurances) + benefits (Total package will be dependent on family circumstances)
- International applicants: We recruit internationally and successful candidates are offered visa exemptions. Read more on our page for international applicants.
- Diversity and inclusion: At EMBL-EBI, we strongly believe that inclusive and diverse teams benefit from higher levels of innovation and creative thought. We encourage applications from women, LGBTQ+ and individuals from all nationalities.
- Job location: This role is based in Hinxton, near Cambridge, UK. You will be required to relocate if you are based overseas and you will receive a generous relocation package to support you.
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