Principal / Senior Software Developer - Malaria

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Salary in the region of £47,812 - £57,853 (Principal Software Developer) or £40,850 - £49,428 ( Senior Software Developer) plus excellent benefits

Fixed term for 2 years with possibility of extension (dependent on external funding)

The role purpose is to support the architecture design and the creation of an informatics system for genomic surveillance of malaria in endemic countries. The post-holder will work with the leads of a newly funded project - Global Health Research Group on genomic surveillance of malaria in West Africa funded by NIHR - to develop software products that support the translation of genomic data into actionable knowledge for malaria control and elimination.

Malaria is a major cause of childhood mortality and socio-economic disruption; control efforts have been ramped up significantly in the last 15 years and this has made a significant impact. However, there is a serious risk that these gains could be reversed in the foreseeable future, because Plasmodium parasites (that cause malaria) and Anopheles mosquitoes (that transmit the parasites from one person to another) are becoming increasingly resistant to malaria control interventions. The overall goal of this project is to establish local capacity in several malaria endemic countries for monitoring drug and insecticide resistance and to develop analytical outputs that will be of practical value to National Malaria Control Programmes (NMCPs) in planning effective interventions. This is an exciting time to join our team as we start a new paradigm where genomic surveillance is integrated into malaria control and elimination decision making.

Genomic surveillance is one of the most rapidly growing and exciting areas of 'Big Data', where the data generated by a local sequencing machine are amplified in information content and practical value if it is part of a global data sharing network. This raises crucial questions such as: how do we develop informatics systems that can work both in resource limited settings and on cloud platforms? How locally-generated data can be integrated with, and augmented by, central resources? What informatics technology can we use to communicate analytical results in an impactful way?

Together with the MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health at Oxford University, the Kwiatkowski group serves as the resource centre for MalariaGEN, a data-sharing network of malaria researchers in more than 40 malaria-endemic countries (www.malariagen.net)

Genome Research Limited is an Equal Opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and promoting equality in careers in science, we hold an Athena SWAN Bronze Award and have an active Equality, Diversity and Inclusion programme of activity. We will consider all applicants without discrimination on grounds of disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. We are open to a range of UK-based flexible working options including part-time or full-time employment as well as flexible hours due to caring or other commitments.

Please include a covering letter and CV with your application. Closing date: 15th September 2018