EB-eye Administrator
Grade: 7
EMBL site: EMBL-EBI Hinxton
Commencing date: As soon as possible
Job description: We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Java
programmer who will work together with 2 professional developers in the
functionality and extension of the EMBL-EBI’s search engine and liaise
with an ever growing body of content providers.
The EBI is a world-leading bioinformatics centre providing biological
data to the scientific community, with expertise in data storage,
analysis and representation. The EB-eye (EMBL-EBI's search engine) is a
project that aims to provide fast and reliable access to all the data
resources hosted at the institute. These include, ENSEMBL, EMBL-Archive,
UniProtKB, PDBe, Medline/PubMed, ChEBI, ArrayExpress.
Qualifications and experience: The successful applicant will hold a
degree in Computer Science and have at least 2 years experience of Java
development. Experience of programming in Java using Apache Lucene,
Antlr, Spring and Maven will be an advantage. It is desirable for
applicants to have experience in bioinformatics, in particular knowledge
of bioinformatics databases.
The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of object oriented
analysis, design concepts and tests. The post holder must be comfortable
working in a UNIX/Linux environment. (S)he must have good communication
skills and show the ability to work independently as well as within a
team. The successful applicant will possess excellent interpersonal
skills and enjoy working in a stimulating international culture.
Contract: An initial contract of 3 years will be offered to the
successful candidate. This can be renewed, depending on circumstances at
the time of review.
Closing date: 29 May 2009
Web page: http://www.ebi.ac.uk
EMBL is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer offering attractive
conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research
organisation.
Please note that EMBL does not return CVs or attached documents to
applicants.
To apply, please email a cover letter, CV (in English) and contact
information of three professional references quoting ref. no.
W/09/034/EBI in the subject line, to: applications from ebi.ac.uk.
Personnel, EMBL, Postfach 10.2209, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany.
Fax: +49 6221 387555 E-mail: application from embl.de
