Research Software Engineer

Contract: Full time, indefinite

Location: John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Software Engineer to join the Informatics Platform, to support the cutting-edge science of the John Innes Centre.

About the John Innes Centre:

The John Innes Centre is an independent, international centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences. We nurture a creative, curiosity-led approach to answering fundamental questions in bioscience, and translate that knowledge into societal benefits. Our strategic vision, Healthy Plants, Healthy People, Healthy Planet, sets out our ambitious long-term goals for the game changing impact of our science globally. 

Our employees enjoy access to state-of-the-art technology and a diverse range of specialist training opportunities, including support for leadership and management. Click here to find out more about working at the John Innes Centre.

The role:

The informatics team of bioinformaticians work with researchers using cutting-edge technologies such as our 2500+ core/30TB RAM High Performance Compute (HPC) cluster, 6+PB distributed storage system and NVIDIA A100 Tensor core GPU nodes. These technologies allow researchers to conduct large-scale biological experiments, for example to analyse hundreds of terabytes of DNA data to discover the biological processes in the plants, crops and microbes that we rely on.

The successful candidate will join this highly skilled and motivated team working at the interface between science and computing. The position provides an exciting opportunity to work with researchers at the cutting-edge of life sciences, exploring new technological approaches and applying them to challenging real-world problems. They will work to support the informatics platform to deliver software tools, web services, training and data management to the institute and the wider research community. This will include management of crucial services such as Omero and Mascot, maintenance of existing web applications, development of software and infrastructure solutions, data management, documentation and training.

The ideal candidate:

You will have a degree level qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline and have a broad range of expertise in managing Linux based systems and services. You will have in-depth knowledge of Linux command line shell, possess good knowledge of at least one programming language (e.g., Python/Perl/C++), and be proficient in configuring and managing databases.

You should also have demonstrable experience with web development stack (e.g. LAMP), and experience in administering and maintaining web servers such as Apache and Nginx.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team. Previous experience of providing training in bioinformatics would be highly advantageous but is not essential.

Additional information:

For further information and details of how to apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button above or contact the Human Resources team on 01603 450814 or nbi.recruitment@nbi.ac.uk quoting reference 1004640.

This role meets the criteria for a visa application, and we encourage all qualified candidates to apply.  Please contact the Human Resources Team if you have any questions regarding your application or visa options.

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