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The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.\nOxford Nanopore’s sequencing platform is the only technology that offers real-time analysis, in fully scalable formats from pocket to population scale, that can analyse native DNA or RNA and sequence any length of fragment to achieve short to ultra-long read lengths. Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere!\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for a highly motivated individual to join the Customer Workflows as a Senior Python Cloud Developer. This exciting and challenging role is responsible for developing a globally available cloud-based data-analysis application for large and small external customers.\nThe Details...\nReporting to the Associate Director of Web Development, the successful candidate will extend and improve our data analysis platform to enable the scaling and delivery of the EPI2ME cloud bioinformatics platform.\nIf successful, you'll be working in a team of developers, bioinformatics scientists, and operations engineers to provide customer data analysis web systems including data management, analysis pipelines, telemetry processing, web application design and administrative dashboards. You'll use agile methods to develop new features and build resilient systems in the cloud and on sequencing devices. In addition, you'll maintain and develop systems that manage 100s of Terabytes of raw sequencing data and data analysis results from sequencing experiments.\nKey Responsibilities Include…\nDevelop and maintain core backend services including python web applications and API services for both external and internal customers.\nRelational and non-relational database implementation within web applications.\nImproving the reliability, scalability and maintainability of the service.\nBuilding observability into services through metrics and dashboards.\nImprove team documentation, processes, and working practices to raise delivery standards.\nContribute to the long-term evolution of the product and future feature development\nWhat We're Looking For...\nWe'll expect you to have a strong work ethic, positive attitude and good attention to detail. You'll also have good communication skills to enable you to engage with stakeholders as well as developers. You'll hold a degree in a numerate discipline and have proven experience of developing Python web applications and maintaining them in an operational cloud environment.\nExperience using one or more of the frameworks FastAPI, Django, Flask, Litestar, etc\nData modelling for relational and NoSQL type database and using database backends in web applications (DynamoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL)\nExperience with containers and related tooling\nSome experience with AWS is essential; such as DynamoDB, RDS, Batch, ECS, and Fargate\nExperience with continuous integration and deployment systems (notably Gitlab and/or AWS CodeDeploy)\nClear communication and documentation skills to enable you to engage with stakeholders as well as developers.\n“Nice to Have” Skills and Experience\nExperience of developing software in a scientific environment, particularly bioinformatics\nFront End Experience (We work primarily in react other experience like Vue, Next.js is valuable)\nTypescript, node, HTML, CSS (to contribute to internal support web interfaces and other internal tooling)\nWorking at Oxford Nanopore\nWe offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary. Based within beautiful, landscaped surroundings with tree-lined walks, water features and a lake, all of which make for a wonderful working environment.\nIf you are looking to utilise your skills to really make a difference to humankind, then consider joining our team and apply today!\nPlease note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. 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