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  • [Photo] Sam Bowker • February 15, 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.

    We are looking to recruit a group of experienced software developers to support our team in the delivery of solutions for site wide tracking of samples and lab ware. The production software team provides software solutions for large scale experimental pipelines for DNA analysis as part of an extensive scientific infrastructure: including Sequencing, Genotyping, Sample Logistics, large scale PCR and others which support and drive significant numbers of projects both internally and externally.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    The successful applicants will be working on our in-house tool suite for project management, capacity planning and laboratory process. This suite is based on a collection of tools for supporting research workflow and laboratory processes. They will be working closely with users to ascertain their requirements. Additionally they will be required to design and implement reusable software solutions.

    The role has a high level of responsibility and flexibility and it will provide great opportunities for professional development.

    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
    • Understanding of the full web app stack
    • Database abstraction, request modelling, templating, URL mapping
    • 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
    • Strong communication skills
    • An ability to quickly learn new software techniques and research methods is essential.

    PREFERENCES

    • Experience with financial, logistic or other time critical systems would be an advantage.
    • Knowledge of genetics is a strong plus but not essential.
    • Candidates without Rails experience are also welcome but must have comparable experience in another language or framework.

    SALARY & COMPENSATION

    Salary range 27,316 to 37,690 GBP dependent on experience.

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

    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: 28th February 2010

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