DESCRIPTION

A full time bioinformatics software engineer is required to work on our
novel data integration and next mining system (the ONDEX system -
http://ondex.sourceforge.net). You will have excellent programming skills
in Java (essential), SQL and PHP and be thoroughly conversant with software
engineering techniques and tools (Eclipse, software versioning systems and
release management, UML, ER diagrams) working in a mixed Windows/LINUX
environment. Interested candidates should have at least an MSc or
equivalent in Bioinformatics or Computer Science.

COMPENSATION

Starting salary will be negotiable depending on the candidate's experience
but would likely be within the range of £24,200 to £33,450 (49,000 Euros)
per annum (pay award pending).

ABOUT US

Rothamsted Research is the leading UK Research Institute focusing on the science
underpinning the sustainability of arable crops and includes research on model
plants such as Arabidopsis and the pathogens and insects that affect
agricultural systems. An increasing amount of our research uses molecular
genetic, genomic and metabolomic techniques. As a result of recent strategic
investments in crop science and bioenergy crop research, we are expanding our
team of bioinformatics scientists in the Department of Biomathematics and
Bioinformatics to take advantage of the increasing volume and complexity of data
that is being collected. The following vacancies are all at Rothamsted Research
in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, located approximately 30 miles north of central
London (25 minutes by train).

HOW TO APPLY (Vacancy 1008):
Apply by application form only, available with further from
the Careers section of the Rothamsted website
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk
or from:
The HR Group, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ
e-mail rres.hr[at]bbsrc.ac.uk

The closing date for all applications is 28th September 2007