[Jobs] Senior Scientific Perl Developer - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

[Vivek Iyer]

Salary range from £27,316 to £37,690 per annum.

We are seeking an experienced software developer to join the informatics team in the High Throughput Gene Targeting group. We work on a number of projects that aim to make a rich variety of mutations in Embryonic Stem Cells, to help the scientific community research gene function. The ideal candidate will be an excellent Perl programmer with a strong interest in bioinformatics and the support of leading-edge research in molecular biology.  You will be working as part of a small team developing software to support the laboratory's production pipelines, and will work closely with our molecular biologists to ensure that the software you deliver is effective.

You must have 
	• Experience and fluency with Perl
	• A good working knowledge of database design and SQL
	• An interest in bioinformatics 
	• An ability to learn quickly on the job
We work as a close team, so good communication skills in the context of the team are important.

Desirable skills are
	• Prior experience in bioinformatics and sequence analysis
	• Knowledge of an MVC framework such as Catalyst or Ruby on Rails
	• Experience of Modern Perl technologies such as Catalyst, DBIx::Class, Template Toolkit, and Moose
	• Design and implementation of web-based user interfaces using Javascript libraries such as jQuery or ExtJS

A qualification in Biological computing is not essential but an interest in the science and ability to learn fast is key. The campus runs frequent courses to allow staff to augment their technical skills.

The application form and more information - the websites we deploy, our collaborators, the scientific group etc is available from here:
https://jobs.sanger.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1764&p_web_page_id=126836

You can also welcome to contact me informally about the position.

Vivek

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Vivek Iyer
High Throughput Gene Targeting
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
vvi at sanger.ac.uk
+44-1223-495364
www.knockoutmouse.org/martsearch
www.sanger.ac.uk/htgt









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