1000 European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Role Summary The ITS Programme Manager is a strategic and operational partner to the Head of IT & Technical Services (ITS), responsible for driving the delivery of the ITS portfolio, supporting strategy, and improving organisational effectiveness. Key focus areas include ITS portfolio and roadmap delivery, cross functional programme leadership, governance, reporting, risk management, strategic planning and financial oversight and risk co ordination. Duties and Responsibilities Define and maintain the ITS roadmap Lead annual planning cycles Oversee ITS portfolio governance and delivery Lead cross functional initiatives across ITS and the organisation Ensure reporting and stakeholder visibility Align initiatives with organisational strategy Responsibilities beyond Portfolio Management Lead budget planning and financial oversight Drive operational improvements Oversee licence management Strengthen governance and committees Represent ITS in risk and stakeholder forums Provide matrix leadership across projects Requirements 6 7 years minimum relevant project management or business administration experience An undergraduate degree in IT or relevant fields or demonstrable equivalent experience Project management training: PRINCE 2, MSP or equivalent qualified Be able to motivate, engage and lead project teams Broad demonstrable experience of successfully supporting projects Tailor expert knowledge to project needs and circumstance Project management tools experience (e.g. Smartsheet/Alfresco) Capable of working under own initiative Persistence to carry tasks through to conclusion Flexible and positive attitude Ability to deal positively with change and adapt to new situations Ability to constructively challenge ways of working and get support to change Excellent verbal and written skills Excellent planning and organisational skills Desirable Expert subject knowledge in either IT or scientific fields Suitable project area expertise (as required) Logical problem solving Contract and supplier management Working Environment Fast paced, complex environment; high autonomy and ambiguity; cross functional collaboration. Hybrid Working At EMBL-EBI we are pleased to offer hybrid working options for all our employees. A dedicated desk will be available everyday, but most of our team work two days on site and three from home, with flexibility to attend on site meetings and events. Contract and Salary Contract length: 3 years (renewable to maximum of 9 years) Salary: Grade 7 monthly salary starting at £4206 per month after tax but excluding pension and insurance contributions. Plus generous benefits. Benefits 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 - including hybrid working patterns. Private medical insurance for you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover). 30 days annual leave per year in addition to public 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. 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. Diversity and Inclusion At EMBL, we believe that diverse teams drive innovation and scientific excellence. We encourage applications from candidates of all genders, identities, nationalities and any other diverse backgrounds.

Join the 1000 European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Hinxton as a Full Stack Engineer, a pivotal role in shaping digital platforms for a world-class training program. We seek a professional with extensive web development skills and a background in technologies such as PHP, React, and WordPress. This position offers a three-year fixed-term contract with competitive salary and many benefits, including flexible working and generous leave.

Overview Your role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to data portal development for world leading projects tackling global sustainability and biodiversity challenges, such as AEGIS Earth, FAANG, ERGA and TREC. Responsibilities Support and develop software for data curation, coordination, validation, distribution and visualisation of agriculture, aquaculture and biodiversity data. Work with large scientific communities to define and implement metadata standards, develop validation tools, and build project specific portals. Extend existing web data portals to meet consortium needs, including APIs and bespoke visualisation solutions. Contribute to the "questionin insightout" initiative, exposing consortium data through MCP servers and agent based interfaces. Support development of standardised containerised workflows and cloud platform integration. Engage with data generators, project users and collaborators to provide guidance and support on the team's software and metadata description. Work with EMBL EBI data archives such as ENA and BioSamples to aid sharing of well described, high quality data. Qualifications BSc or MSc in computer science or related fields. Expertise in Python and libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, PySpark; frameworks Django, Django Rest Framework, FastAPI. Hands on experience with relational (PostgreSQL) and non relational (Elasticsearch, Redis) databases. Extensive experience in data warehousing architecture, big data processing and ETL. Proficiency in Unix/Linux environments. Experience with GIT and collaborative software development. Self motivated, capable of independent and team work; excellent communication, interpersonal and English skills. Optional experience in web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks), cloud (GCP or AWS), BigQuery, Dataflow, Looker, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD. Curiosity or experience with LLM APIs, agent frameworks, MCP, or retrieval augmented systems. Contract & Salary Fixed term, 2 year grant funded contract. Salary: Grade6 - monthly net from £3695.61, plus generous benefits (excluding pension and insurance contributions). Benefits Monthly family, child and non resident allowances, annual salary review, pension scheme, death benefit, long term care, accident at work and unemployment insurances. Flexible hybrid working arrangements. Private medical insurance for you and immediate family. Annual leave 30days + public holidays. Relocation package including installation grant. Campus life amenities: shuttle bus, on site library, gym, cafeteria, casual dress code, sports and social clubs. Family benefits: on site nursery, child sick leave, parental leave, holiday clubs, family allowances. Visa exemption and educational support for non UK residents. Diversity, Inclusion & EEO EMBL is a DORA signatory and promotes diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all genders, identities, nationalities and other diverse backgrounds.

Role Overview Training is a core activity across EMBL-EBI, involving almost every part of the organisation and coordinated by a team of about 20 people. The Training Team delivers a world recognised programme that includes virtual and face to face training for a global audience, alongside self paced online learning, live webinars, and capacity building through secondments and train the trainer workshops. Join EMBL EBI as a Full Stack Engineer and play a key role in shaping the digital platforms behind a world leading life sciences training programme. Responsibilities Collaborate with internal teams and international partners to develop high quality training websites and shared components. Own the full solution lifecycle from concept to deployment, ensuring robust, scalable, secure, and high performance applications. Work with users and stakeholders to understand needs and design/implement features in PHP, React, WordPress, and Drupal. Develop frontend and backend architecture and write effective APIs following WCAG compliance. Ensure cross platform compatibility, test for security and performance, and perform code reviews and unit tests. Write technical documentation and support client requests through ticketing systems. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering. 4 5 years of senior full stack web development experience, including Drupal/WordPress CMS. Proficiency in HTML, CSS, TypeScript, and JavaScript (AngularJS, React, VueJS). Back end expertise with PHP, Ruby, or Node.js and RESTful APIs. Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and basic server management (SSH, Linux, Apache, Nginx). CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab or similar. Experience integrating Gen AI solutions and AI assisted development tools. Knowledge of AWS hosting and cloud infrastructure. Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and autonomous project management. Preferred Experience Build tools: NPM, Jekyll, Grunt, Sass/SCSS. Container/VM deployment: Kubernetes, Docker, etc. Google Analytics or similar for performance insights. Agile project development. Enterprise Drupal architecture and custom module development. Contract & Salary Initial 3 year fixed term contract, renewable up to 9 years. Grade 5 with a monthly salary starting at £3,303.40 (after tax, excluding pension and insurance contributions). Includes generous benefits. Benefits 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, including hybrid patterns. Private medical insurance for you and immediate family. 30 days of annual leave plus public holidays. Relocation package with installation grant (if required). On site library, gym, cafeteria, and shuttle bus. Casual dress code and extensive sports and social club activities. On site nursery, child sick leave, generous parental leave, holiday clubs. Non UK residents: visa exemption, education grant for private schooling, support to travel home every second year, non resident allowance. Diversity & Inclusion EMBL welcomes candidates of all genders, identities, nationalities, and backgrounds. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive workplace. International Applicants We recruit internationally and successful candidates are offered visa exemptions. Closing Date Applications close on 14/06/2026.

Role Overview The role will work across the technical stack to support scaling and automation of deposition and presentation systems for high volumes of biological image data. You will extend and build on the EMBL-EBI's imaging resources to enable better automation, integrate with high performance computing and storage resources and develop/implement new functionality. Responsibilities Design and implement systems to support rapid deposition, curation and archival of biological image data, including back-end, front-end and supporting infrastructure. Develop systems for interactive online exploration of biological image data, working with existing tools, extending these, and developing new solutions as appropriate. Act as liaison between the BioImage Archive/EMPIAR and EMBL-EBI's compute/storage infrastructure teams to deploy and manage these systems. Coordinate with other service teams on shared development and process implementation. Contribute to the broader team activities, including helpdesk support, planning, design review and improvement of the team's software development processes. Qualifications You should have a university degree in computer science, life sciences or a related discipline and have several years' experience in a software development capacity. Substantial experience developing full stack applications. Extensive hands on experience with Javascript and Python. Working with relational databases such as PostGres or MySQL. Software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, continuous integration, deployment and version control. Working with Linux systems. Preferred Additional Experience Experience designing data systems that operate at scale. Experience working with BioImaging data from one or more modalities. Experience with NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB. Experience with batch scheduling systems such as SLURM. Experience with containerisation (e.g. Docker) and container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes). Infrastructure as code deployment tools such as Ansible or Terraform. Contract and Salary Contract Length: 13-month, project-based, fixed-term contract. Salary: Grade 5.0 - Monthly salary starting at £3,303 per month after tax but excluding pension and insurance contributions. Plus, generous benefits. 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 - including hybrid working patterns. 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 public 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. Diversity & Inclusion At EMBL, we believe that diverse teams drive innovation and scientific excellence. We encourage applications from candidates of all genders, identities, nationalities and any other diverse backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, colour, disability, marital status, age or religion.

The 1000 European Molecular Biology Laboratory is seeking an Infrastructure and Production Project Leader to oversee the technical infrastructure supporting PDBe services. This role involves managing a team of engineers and contributing to the development of scalable data infrastructure. Candidates should possess a Master's degree in a relevant field and over 6 years of experience managing large-scale data systems. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement, aiming to create an inclusive workplace for all.

Role Overview The Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe) team develops essential macromolecular structure resources and tools for biologists and life scientists. As a founding partner of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank, we maintain the global archive of experimentally determined macromolecular structures (the Protein Data Bank, PDB). The team also manages the community led PDBe Knowledge Base (PDBe KB) and the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database (AFDB), a collaboration with Google DeepMind, and develops services that support structure deposition, data integration, and advanced search capabilities. We are seeking an Infrastructure and Production Project Leader to lead the development and operation of the technical infrastructure supporting PDBe services and associated resources, including PDBe KB and AFDB. The role involves managing a team of software and infrastructure engineers while contributing to the strategic development of scalable, reliable, and sustainable data infrastructure. Responsibilities Work with the PDBe Team Leader, Coordinator, and senior staff to define and implement the technical strategy for PDBe data infrastructure and services. Lead and manage the Infrastructure and Production sub team, including mentoring and supporting team members. Design and operate robust infrastructure supporting the PDBe archive, PDBe KB, and AFDB resources. Oversee and continuously improve PDBe's weekly data release pipelines. Develop scalable mechanisms for data discovery, access, and distribution. Collaborate with other EMBL EBI teams, particularly central IT services, to design and maintain sustainable infrastructure solutions. Act as a technical mentor, fostering best practices in infrastructure engineering, reliability, and maintainability. Monitor emerging technologies and evaluate their potential application to PDBe services. Qualifications (Requirements) Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, Data Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent professional experience in infrastructure engineering and technical leadership will also be considered. 6+ years designing and operating large scale data infrastructure in production environments. Experience leading and mentoring infrastructure or software engineering teams. Proven track record of delivering reliable and scalable data services. Experience defining and implementing technical roadmaps aligned with organisational strategy. Experience working within scientific or research data environments is desirable. Technical Skills Strong programming skills, particularly in Python. Experience with large scale data processing and data integration workflows. Development and operation of RESTful APIs. Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases. Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure). Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and production monitoring/observability tools. Understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, high availability, and disaster recovery practices. Soft Skills Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to work effectively within interdisciplinary and international teams. Desirable Experience in managing a small team. Experience in risk management and communication with large international consortium members. Contract and Salary Contract length: 3 years (grant based). Grade 7 monthly salary starting at £4,206 per month after tax, excluding pension and insurance contributions. Hybrid Working Hybrid working is available. Employees typically work two days on site and three days from home, with a dedicated desk available on site. Diversity and Inclusion We encourage applications from candidates of all genders, identities, nationalities and any other diverse backgrounds. Our work environment is inclusive and we comply with EEO requirements.