Senior Ensembl Web Developer
DAS Support
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Ref: 80584
Salary from £27316 to £37690 pa dependent on experience
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a world leader in genomic
research, with an expanding scientific programme dedicated to
understanding gene function in health & disease.
We are seeking a highly motivated senior Perl web developer with XML
web services experience to develop and maintain DAS infrastructure for
the Ensembl project, along with developing intuitive web displays for
DAS data.
The position is in the Ensembl web team working on the Ensembl sites (http://www.ensembl.org/
). The scope of the role includes all aspects of DAS technology from
client and server development to graphical display.
The role requires interactions with members of the Ensembl groups
based at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI) and the European
Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), the WTSI web team and the external DAS
community.
Essential Skills
In order to fulfil this role you will:
require a high level of competence in the Perl programming language
with evidence of a high level of experience of relevant web
development skills;
have a scientific degree;
have successfully created interfaces that link with and display data
from servers delivering XML-based content into a web environment;
have the communication skills required to explain complex information
in simple terms to a diverse audience.
Ideal Skills
knowledge of DAS protocols and technologies;
experience and understanding of genomic scale bioinformatics;
have an ability to use productively the MySQL relational database;
experience working in a Unix/Linux environment.
Other information
The WTSI is a world leader in genome sequencing and bioinformatics.
The Ensembl project (http://www.ensembl.org/) is a collaboration
between the WTSI and the EBI and provides to the scientific community
annotation for approximately 50 genomes. Ensembl is the largest user
of DAS technology worldwide, both for providing our annotation data
and displaying data from external servers. The service we provide is
used by thousands of scientists worldwide to help in their research.
This position is for a fixed term of 18 months.
Benefits
Salary range £27316 to £37690 pa dependent on experience
The Institute has excellent purpose built facilities on the Genome
Campus, Hinxton on the outskirts of Cambridge. We offer a
comprehensive range of benefits including a final salary pension
scheme and excellent on-site facilities. Further details can be found
on our website https://jobs.sanger.ac.uk,
To submit your CV and apply for this job please go to https://jobs.sanger.ac.uk
, to register and apply on line.
The closing date for applications is 26 March 2010
Jonathan Warren
Senior Developer and DAS coordinator
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The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research
Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a
company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered
office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE.
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