[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] Sam Bowker • January 28, 2010

    BACKGROUND

    The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a world leader in genomic research, with an expanding scientific programme dedicated to understanding gene function in health & disease.

    The Production Software team's central remit is to provide scientific software to support the sequencing and genomic analysis work done at the Sanger Institute. We are a highly visible team, providing high quality, scalable software that plays a central role in the continuing success of the Institute. We are involved in a wide variety of projects ranging from laboratory automation to medical informatics.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    We are looking for developers who can work in agile teams solving problems in close collaboration with researchers and laboratory staff on site. Working in two week iterations we provide the core infrastructure for one of the largest lab operations in the world. The role has a high level of responsibility and freedom. There will also be the opportunity to adapt new technologies where applicable. Your primary role will be working on our in-house solutions for project management, capacity planning and laboratory process organisation suite, which is a collection of tools for supporting research workflow and laboratory processes. Working closely with users to ascertain their requirements, you will design and implement reusable software solutions.

    REQUIREMENTS

    • A computer science degree
    • Worked with Ruby on Rails or other web framework
    • As comfortable with writing native JavaScript as with building on frameworks
    • Semantic HTML, CSS, browsers
    • Debugging tools
    • Setting up and running automated front-end test suites, preferably using Selenium or Cucumber
    • Understanding of the full web app stack. Database abstraction, request modelling, templating, URL mapping, preferably using PHP and Smarty
    • Agile processes, test-driven development, estimation
    • Usability testing
    • Protecting against browser and web app security exploits
    • Performance optimisation around HTTP requests, bandwidth, rendering, script execution
    • Web service development, authentication, oAuth, JSONP, XML parsing
    • Unix command line and source control, preferably Subversion/Git

    PREFERENCES

    • Experience with financial, logistic or other time critical systems would be an advantage.
    • Knowledge of genetics is a strong plus but not essential.

    LOCALE

    The Institute has excellent purpose built facilities on the Genome Campus, Hinxton on the outskirts of Cambridge.

    SALARY & COMPENSATION

    We offer a comprehensive range of benefits including a final salary pension scheme and excellent on-site facilities. Further details can be found on our website https://jobs.sanger.ac.uk. Salary range 21,115 to 27,999 GBP dependent on experience.

    HOW TO APPLY

    To submit your CV and apply for this job please go to https://jobs.sanger.ac.uk to register and apply on line.

    DEADLINE

    Closing date is: 21st February 2010.

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