Front End Developer at European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) (Hinxton, UK)

Are you looking for a challenging role in front end development? The Molecular Networks Team at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is looking for an experienced software engineer to contribute to the Omics Discovery Index project (http://bit.ly/2J2vlh6). The Omics Discovery Index integrates metadata from currently 16 databases from four continents, making the data discoverable under a common data model. The position will contribute to the implementation of user-facing features, enhancing interactivity and visualisation.

The post holder will work in a global, team-oriented environment and collaborate closely with developers, bioinformaticians and scientists across EMBL-EBI and with external partners both in the UK and internationally. EMBL-EBI is a world-leading bioinformatics centre providing biological data to the scientific community with expertise in data storage, analysis and representation.

Qualifications and Experience

You should have a degree in software engineering or a related field, or a proven bioinformatics track record, as well as three years experience in user facing development.

 Extensive knowledge of the following technologies will be expected:

Java, Javascript (jQuery, Angular, ReactJS), CSS;
Solr, Lucene, related indexing strategies;
Unix/Linux command line skills, shell scripting and common command-line tools;
Git, issue tracking software (JIRA), Agile processes;
Testing and deployment of robust web applications.

Understanding of life science data resources will be a strong plus.

 You will work in a highly international, team-oriented environment and collaborate closely with developers, bioinformaticians, and scientists across EMBL-EBI and with external partners. Excellent communication skills are required.

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Site Reliability Engineer at European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) (Hinxton, UK)

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated Site Reliability Engineer to work at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) located on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK.

The successful candidate will join the Software Development and Operations team (SDO) at EMBL-EBI which is responsible for bringing new technology into the EBI to improve the service provided to internal and external users and projects.

The SDO team is defining, building and delivering new services that will benefit both our internal users and the external scientific community. This role will be part of a team of DevOps engineers, who are responsible for building environments for:

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• Support of file transfer services including GridFTP, Aspera, Globus, FTP, HTTP and rsync.
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• A Continuous Integration and Deployment environment for our public web services to provide cloud portable applications.
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• Deploying, integrating and operating a scalable and resilient web service hosting environment for our public services in collaboration with other teams within TSC.
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• Maintenance and operation of internally and externally developed software as required.
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The Site Reliability Engineer position will contribute directly to one or more of these projects and will help us move to more automation of the production environment.



Qualifications and Experience



You will have a Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related discipline, or have equivalent experience. The role would be suitable for a Unix/Linux systems administrator with some software engineering background.

As the role will involve liaising with different groups and users, it is essential that you have excellent communication, both written and verbal, and interpersonal skills in the English language. You should be able to pay attention to detail, demonstrate solid problem solving skills and have an experience and ability of working to deadlines. You will also demonstrate innovation and a willingness to take on new challenges.

You will have at least three years’ experience in a similar role, including successful deployment and maintenance of core services. In addition, you will have demonstrated experience of working 'full stack', integrating multiple open source tools to deploy web applications or other services in an academic or commercial setting. Experience in operating and resolving problems in open-source software and contributing development fixes back to the community would be a distinct advantage.

Required skills and experience include:

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• Experience in open-source software development (i.e. a variety of languages and version control systems) and in systems administration of open source software
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• Experience with automated deployment/configuration methods (e.g. Ansible, Puppet)
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• Experience with VM and/or container deployment in public or private cloud environments
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Desired skills include:

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• Experience with large scale computing, storage or cloud infrastructures (e.g. HPC/HTC clusters)
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• Experience in Python
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• Experience evaluating open-source software and its subsequent integration to a production system
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• Experience in communicating and working with expert users (e.g. in a science community
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