Back End Developer

Advertised Grade-Grading:

Grade 5-6 (Grade 5 monthly salary £2,882 or Grade 6 monthly salary starting at £3,224) + other paid benefits

About the team/job

Our team develops and maintains Europe PMC - an open access repository of 8.1 million full-text biomedical research articles, supplemented with 41 million abstracts, database links and citation information which is supported by 37 international biomedical funders.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to an ambitious project that aims to become the literature resource of choice for life science and biomedical researchers in the UK, Europe and beyond.

The successful candidate will work together with the rest of the team (Developers, UX Architect, Product Manager, Team Leader, Community manager, Help Desk and content experts) in an Agile environment and will need to collaborate with other internal teams and external collaborators. 

Your role

In this role you will:

• Develop new features in EuropePMC APIs and Data exports
• Maintenance - bug fixing
• Monitoring services and troubleshooting
• Responsible for deploying applications to Kubernetes cluster using the CI/CD pipelines 

You have

• A degree or higher degree in web development, computer science or equivalent experience
• Experience of working on a large-scale system in terms of data and high user traffic
• Experience in:
  • Java technologies (Spring, Hibernate, JDBC, etc.
  • Tomcat, Apache Web Server
  • Linux – Shell scripting
  • SQL, PL/SQL
  • Oracle/MongoDB/Postgres
  • Docker and docker-compose
  • Kubernetes
  • Helm charts
  • SOAP/RESTful Web Services and XML/JSON data
  • testing code and managing deployments to the live environment (Gitlab/Jenkins)
  • Application performance tuning and problem diagnosis
  • Using version control systems (Git/Gitlab) and issue tracking software (JIRA/Gitlab)

It is not essential to have a scientific background 

You might also have

• Cloud Experience ( GCP or AWS)
• Experience in javascript technologies (ex: NodeJS) 

Why join us

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.

Join a culture of innovation

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. 

Enjoy lots of benefits:

• 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
• Private medical insurance for you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)
• Generous time off: 30 days annual leave per year, in addition to eight bank holidays
• Relocation package including installation grant (if required)
• Campus life: Free shuttle bus to and from work, on-site library, subsidised on-site gym and cafeteria, casual dress code, extensive sports and social club activities (on campus and remotely)
• Family benefits: On-site nursery, 10 days of child sick leave, generous parental leave, holiday clubs on campus and monthly family and child allowances
• Benefits for non-UK residents: Visa exemption, education grant for private schooling, financial support to travel back to your home country every second year and a monthly non-resident allowance.

For more details please see our employee benefits page. 

What else you need to know

• Contract duration: This position is a 3 year grant based contract
• International applicants: We recruit internationally and successful candidates are offered visa exemptions. Read more on our page for international applicants.
• Diversity and inclusion: At EMBL-EBI, we strongly believe that inclusive and diverse teams benefit from higher levels of innovation and creative thought. We encourage applications from women, LGBTQ+ and individuals from all nationalities.
• EMBL is a signatory of DORA. Find out how we implement best practices in research assessment in our recruitment processes here.
• Job location: This role is based in Hinxton, near Cambridge, UK. You will be required to relocate if you are based overseas and you will receive a generous relocation package to support you.
• How to apply: To apply please submit a cover letter and a CV through our online system. A technical assessment will be sent as the first round as part of this recruitment 

To apply, click the 'Apply' button.