Software Developer - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Wellcome Sanger Institute

Wellcome Sanger Institute

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.

The Opportunity:

You will support the world's key cancer genomics resource, COSMIC (Catalogue of Somatic Mutations of Cancer).

About Us:

COSMIC is the key information source in global human cancer research.

We exist to speed up the field of precision oncology so that every cancer journey can be tailored, accurate, and precise.

We do this by streamlining and simplifying genomics data analysis for better prevention, diagnosis, and
COSMIC data is gathered from a variety of sources, from manual curation to structured repositories into our databases. This position will help provide new websites, generate interactive visualisations of curation data.

About You:

You must be a skilled and passionate Software Developer. You will care about writing clean,high quality, readable and maintainable code to support our growing suite of products. You must be a good communicator and able to work collaboratively with the COSMIC team.

By understanding the goals and needs of our team and customers, you will have the opportunity to creatively problem solve and design unique solutions for a global user-base of researchers, scientists and clinicians.

This position will enable you to directly facilitate worldwide cancer research.

The most important quality in this role is a willingness to learn and grow your skills - in this you will be supported.

We actively encourage you to expand your skills, knowledge and interests as a Software Developer. You will join a multidisciplinary, committed and supportive team with the
opportunity to work on innovative products that make a real difference to patients around the world.

Essential Skills:

A Degree in Computer Science, IT or equivalent industry experience
A sound understanding of software lifecycle delivery and development methods
Experience with JavaScript (ES6+)
Experience with HTML5 and CSS
Experience with ReactJS, NextJS and consuming data via REST API
Experience conceptualising & designing web page designs
Knowledge and experience with modern software development practices, including version control, continuous integration, and workflow management tools such as GitLab etc.
Experience of Agile Software Development methods
Ability to work within a goal oriented team environment
Demonstrable aptitude for logical problem solving and a positive and proactive attitude to learning and development
Has initiative but listens to instructions and willing to seek clarification when required
Enthusiastic approach to web development
Ability to prioritise, manage own workload, and deliver agreed activities consistently on time
Ability to understand issues within a code base and take guidance from Senior
Developers/Principal Developer to assist in the resolution

Desirable Skills:

Knowledge of implementing RESTful APIs
Knowledge of designing web interface using tools like Adobe XD
Knowledge of Docker, Python, Django, NodeJS or ExpressJS
Ability to quickly understand scientific, technical and process

Other Information:

Salary per annum:
£36,379-£43,219

Application Process:

Applications will be considered on an ongoing basis and the role may close early when a successful appointment has been made.

Closing Date: 21st July 2023

Working at Wellcome Sanger:

Our flexible-hybrid working environment is designed to support a healthy work-life balance.

This means you can work flexibly with a combination of working from home, and working from our Campus to allow you to focus on being productive and part of the team while enjoying the benefits of working flexibly.

We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world.

We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness.

The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

That's why we're committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute.

We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.

Our Benefits:

We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme.

The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.