Hybrid Senior Full Stack Software Engineer – Pathogen

at Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford

• Job title: Senior Full Stack Software Engineer – Pathogen
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Angular, AWS, Cloud, Django, Docker, JavaScript, Kafka, Kubernetes, Next.js, Node.js, NoSQL, Oracle, Postgres, Python, React, Spring, Spring Boot, SpringBoot, SQL, Vue.js
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Oxford, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Full Stack Engineer designing and maintaining user-facing components for a scalable bioinformatics data platform. Collaborating with teams to improve diagnostics and drive research initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support web applications deployed to support the data platform.
• Own full stack development for tools supporting data management across the full lifecycle, including ingest monitoring, curation, release management, data quality monitoring, and user access control.
• Build and support components to manage ingest from and monitor distributed next-generation sequencing devices, including device telemetry (Kafka, MQTT streaming from Oxford Nanopore NGS devices).
• Design, develop, and maintain platform tools to help bioinformaticians and science teams discover, understand, and access data (e.g., pathogen data catalogue, quality dashboards, management information reporting).
• Support innovation efforts by exploring new technologies such as vector databases to enable search and AI use cases.
• Design, develop, and maintain highly performant, scalable, and secure backend APIs using appropriate technologies (Python, NodeJS).
• Implement and manage data storage solutions including data lakes, data warehouses, and databases underpinning platform tooling (e.g., object storage, Oracle Autonomous Database, PostgreSQL).
• Collaborate with backend engineers to ensure data services and associated APIs meet the needs of platform tools.
• Work with product managers to capture requirements, wireframe solutions, and design user experiences.
• Work with big data technologies such as Kafka, Iceberg, and Parquet, and managed database technologies including PostgreSQL and Oracle vector databases.
• Ensure applications are secure.
• Operate, monitor, and maintain associated Oracle Cloud infrastructure to ensure platform tools are highly available, scalable, and secure.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps engineers to ensure all deployments are automated and follow best-practice CI/CD.
• Ensure solutions are documented and assured through defined architecture governance processes.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to maintain the health and performance of the data platform.
• Line manage and foster the personal development of a highly capable team of front-end engineers focused on the data platform.

Requirements

• **Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience**
• Proven experience as a full stack engineer.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
• Experience with backend languages and frameworks such as Python, NodeJS, Next.js, Django, or Spring Boot.
• Expertise in at least one cloud platform and its related managed services.
• Knowledge of both relational SQL and NoSQL database systems.
• Skills in UX design (e.g., Figma).
• Knowledge of containerization using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience working with streaming technologies (Kafka).
• Proven experience developing scalable architectures using both containerized and serverless approaches (e.g., Oracle Functions or AWS Lambda).
• Familiarity with version management and best practices (Git).
• Experience managing teams and fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
• Understanding of Agile working practices and sprint-based methodologies.
• Ability to actively contribute to knowledge sharing.
• Knowledge of security best practices.
• **Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience**
• Experience with Oracle Cloud (OCI).
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar project management tools.
• Experience working with scientific analytical, statistical, and visualization libraries.
• **Key Attributes:**
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Willingness to learn and cross-train/upskill in new technologies.
• Hands-on approach to exploring new technologies and developing proofs of concept.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to think critically about security challenges.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities, especially in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Attention to detail and a strong commitment to security and quality assurance.
• Flexibility to adapt and contribute to a rapidly scaling organisation.

Benefits

• **We offer the following benefits:**
• Enhanced holiday pay
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Hospital Cash Plan
• Therapy Services
• Perk Box
• Electrical Car Scheme
• **Why work for EIT:**
• At the Ellison Institute, we believe a collaborative, inclusive team is key to our success. We are building a supportive environment where creative risks are encouraged, and everyone feels heard. Valuing emotional intelligence, empathy, respect, and resilience, we encourage people to be curious and to have a shared commitment to excellence. Join us and make an impact!
• **Terms of Appointment:**
• You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary.
• You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford.
• During peak periods, some longer hours may be required and some working across multiple time zones due to the global nature of the programme.