Full Stack Software Engineer (Frontend Leaning) - Pathogen

At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we’re on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, policy makers, and entrepreneurs to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges in four transformative areas:

• Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology
• Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
• Climate Change & Managing CO₂
• Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

This is ambitious work - work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. At EIT, you’ll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs. Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas for lab to society. Explore more at www.eit.org.

Welcome to the Pathogen Project:

Within this ecosystem, the Pathogen Project exemplifies EIT’s dedication to ground-breaking science. It seeks to transform pathogen risk management, detection and response by leveraging Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)-based metagenomic and pathogen-specific analytical tools. The goal is to power metagenomic devices using long-read sequencing technologies by building a comprehensive database of pathogen information to inform response. Enabled by Oracle Inc.’s cloud-computing scale and security, the Pathogen Project is advancing toward certified diagnostic tools for deployment in laboratories, hospitals, and public health organisations worldwide. 

Your Role:

At EIT we are seeking an experienced and detailed orientated Full Stack Software Engineer (Frontend Leaning) to support the design, build, and maintenance of our web-based SaaS platform that enables researchers and clinicians to engage with our scientific pipelines and data platform. Your work will shape a world-class experience for a diverse set of users, enabling step-changes in global genomics research and clinical practice.

This role will involve hands-on software engineering as part of a cross-functional team. You’ll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and platform specialists to deliver secure, reliable, and high-quality software.

Key responsibilities:

• Build and maintain full stack, but predominantly front-end features for the GPAS Portal and new web applications.
• Contribute to technical design for new tools and help maintain existing platforms.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product to translate scientific needs into user-focused tools.
• Contribute to the team through hands-on coding, code reviews, and technical design reviews.
• Contribute to the scalability and reliability of the overall solution, handling large amounts of genomic, and other multi-modal data.
• Champion usability, ensuring interfaces meet the needs of clinicians and researchers.
• Enhance performance and responsiveness of user interfaces for data-heavy applications.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Experience with the development of web-applications in production environments.
• Strong skills in React or a similar Typescript front-end framework.
• Experience with Python, with knowledge of API frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Django) and SQL databases.
• Experience with Docker and Git-based collaborative workflows.
• Understanding of Agile development.
• Knowledge of security best practices and secure software development.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar project management tools.
• Experience with event-based architecture with hands-on experience with, e.g., Kafka.
• Familiarity with UX collaboration tools (e.g., Figma) and accessibility best practices.

Key Attributes:

• Collaboration.
• Willingness to learn and cross train / upskill in new technology.
• Willingness to be hands on to explore new technology or develop POC’s.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to think critically about product development challenges.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities, particularly in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Attention to detail and a strong commitment to quality.
• Flexibility to adapt and contribute to a rapidly scaling organisation.

Our Benefits:

• Competitive Salary + travel allowance + bonus
• Enhanced holiday pay
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance
• Hospital Cash Plan
• Therapy Services
• Perk Box
• Electric Car Scheme

  Working Together – What It Involves

• You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary.
• You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford.