Software Engineer, Data Scientist

About the Team

We are looking for a Software engineer with strong record in software development and interested in developing services for one of the most internationally used data resources in biological science, Uni Prot. Our team is very dynamic and interdisciplinary comprising talented and enthusiastic software engineers and bioinformaticians working closely together with biologists and scientists.

The Uni Prot resource is one of the most internationally used protein databases serving a large and diverse research community in genomics, proteins and proteomics.

Duties & Responsibilities

As part of your daily work, you will be designing and developing software and APIs for the Uni Prot data services and website, providing protein information to the scientific community and computational biologists. You will also be working in the design, maintenance and monitoring of the website cloud infrastructure. Scalability will be an important feature of your clear, concise, well tested and documented code.

You will also be interested in applying analytic engines and technical approaches to distributed processing of big data. The ability to work towards tight deadlines is essential.

You have (Requirements)

• A degree in Computer Science or related discipline
• Software Engineer with at least 3 years of professional experience in software development in web back-end development
• Experience in web cloud infrastructure
• Experience in Agile processes
• Good communication skills
• Experience in Java and/or Python development
• Experience in developing RESTful services
• Experience in developing application using Spring Boot
• Experience in developing web infrastructure (Solr, kubernetes)
• Experience with Key value stores
• Experience in git and basic Unix Commands

You might also have (Desirable)

• Experience with large data processing technologies (Apache Spark)

Other helpful information

Hybrid Working:
At EMBL-EBI we are pleased to offer hybrid working options for all our employees. A dedicated desk will be available everyday, but our team work two days on site (Monday’s & Tuesday’s) and three from home.

Interviews:
We plan to hold introductory meetings virtually with selected candidates in November 2026.

Contract length: 3 years (project based)

Salary: Grade 5 Monthly salary starting at £3,452 after tax but excl. pension & insurances) + other paid benefits based on personal circumstances

At EMBL-EBI you can apply your talent and passion to accelerate science and tackle some of humankind's greatest challenges. EMBL-EBI, part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, is a worldwide leader in the storage, analysis and dissemination of large biological datasets. We provide the global research community with access to publicly available databases and tools which are crucial for the advancement of healthcare, food security, and biodiversity.

We are located on the Wellcome Genome Campus, alongside other prominent research and biotech organisations, and surrounded by beautiful Cambridgeshire countryside. This is a highly collaborative and inclusive community where our employees enjoy a relaxed atmosphere. We are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued, supported and empowered to reach their professional potential. Watch this video to see how EMBL-EBI makes an impact.

• Financial incentives:Monthly family, child and non-resident allowances, annual salary review, pension scheme, death benefit, long-term care, accident-at-work and unemployment insurances
• Flexible working arrangements - including hybrid working patterns
• Private medical insurance
  for you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)
• Generous time off:3…