Data engineer, Visualisation

Uppsala University

Application deadline

July 31, 2020



SciLifeLab is a national centre for molecular biosciences focusing on health and environmental research. The centre combines leading technical expertise with advanced knowledge in translational medicine and molecular biosciences. The goal of SciLifeLab also includes building a strong research community around itself through education and collaboration. SciLifeLab is a national resource run by Karolinska Institutet (KI), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Stockholm University and Uppsala University. SciLifeLab was founded in 2010 and currently has more than 400 employees at the various units and about 150 research groups.

The successful candidate will be working at the SciLifeLab Data Centre, a central unit with responsibility for IT- and data management issues, serving the SciLifeLab technology platforms, their users and Swedish researchers in general. We have a national assignment and, for example, operates the Swedish national Covid-19 research data portal. We also work with issues about FAIR data, open science, and data driven life science. Working at the Data Centre, you will be at the core of Sweden’s top infrastructure for life sciences and have the opportunity to actively shape how state-of-the-art IT and data science are integrated in Swedish life science research, and help to maximize the scientific impact of the large amount of research data generated at SciLifeLab.

Job description

SciLifeLab Data Centre is looking for a motivated and knowledgeable Data Engineer with expertise in visualization and design. You will work with data from genomics, proteomics, microscopy, chemical biology and several other areas, but also operational and scientometric data from bibliometry, performance indicators, financial data, etc. You will work integrated with a team of scientists, coordinators data engineers and system developers at the core of SciLifeLab’s national research infrastructure. This position includes development of data-driven decision support systems for management and operations with analysis and visualisation of reporting data, development of graphical web services and dashboards, and analysis of retrieved data from SciLifeLab software and hardware systems. This position also includes design of graphical user interfaces, web services and documentation.

During the first year, this position is tightly linked to the Swedish national Covid-19 data portal operated by the team, https://covid19dataportal.se, in collaboration with European infrastructures (EMBL-EBI, ELIXIR and EOSC).

Qualifications

This job requires a university degree in a relevant subject area. In addition is required:

  • Documented experience from data analysis.
  • Documented experience from methods, libraries, tools and frameworks for data visualisation.
  • Documented programming skills in Python, Ruby, Javascript or other high level languages.
  • Fluency in English.

Meriting

  • Experience from project management
  • Experience from software containers and Kubernetes.
  • Experience from systems for documentation and version control.
  • Knowledge or interest in biomedical research and infrastructure.
  • Ability to work both individually and in cooperation with personnel in widely different fields.
  • Drive and initiative to support and develop data driven life science in Sweden.

Personal suitability will strongly affect the recruitment for this position.

Other

Salary: Individual salary.

Start date: As soon as possible.

Form of employment: Permanent position, probationary period may be applied.

Extent of employment: 100 %

For more information contact: Johan Rung, johan.rung@scilifelab.uu.se, 018-471 4475. 

Please submit your application by July 31 2020, UFV-PA 2020/2656.

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Last updated: 2020-07-03

Content Responsible: David Gotthold(david.gotthold@scilifelab.se)