Developer for a Plant Virus Database - Brunswick, Deutschland - Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH

Beschreibung

Leibniz-Institut
DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von
Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH Job offer
10/24
The Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig offers the position for a

Developer for a Plant Virus Database (m/f/d)

The position has a salary level up to 13 according to the qualification. The position is offered as full time ( hours per week) and is initially limited to 3 years. Starting date will be as soon as possible.

The position:
We are seeking a talented developer to join our interdisciplinary Data Integration team (). You will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing a state-of-the-art plant virus database , leveraging existing datasets and integrating diverse biological data types. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals passionate about both biology and technology to develop a resource that will be used by hundreds of researchers every day. This will happen in close collaboration with domain experts at the DSMZ and with a fast-growing group of other developers and scientists working in the database development within the DSMZ Digital Diversity endeavor.

Responsibilities:

Utilize expertise in web development, particularly in PHP or Python, to build robust and user-friendly database interfaces and functionalities (backend and frontend)

Collaborate closely with the departments for Plant Viruses and Bioinformatics, IT & Databases to develop a comprehensive plant virus database platform

Integrate diverse datasets, including images of infection stages, transcriptomics, next-generation sequencing (NGS) data, and experimental protocols, into the database

Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with relevant standards and regulations

Optimize database performance and troubleshoot technical issues as needed

Your profile:

Bachelor's, Master's, or degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or a related field

Proficiency in web development using PHP or Python, knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript

Strong understanding of biological data formats and database development (SQL), knowledge of document-based databases ( MongoDB) is beneficial

Experience in object-oriented programming (Python, PHP, Java, C#, C