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JavaScript Developer in Cambridge, UK

  £27,854 - £36,298 pa
InterMine, part of University of Cambridge, is looking for a software developer to help create powerful, attractive, user friendly data mining tools to search and display biological data. You’ll have experience building, debugging and testing complex web applications using JavaScript, CSS and libraries like Chaplin (Backbone.js) and Node.js, with a focus on creating great user experiences.

Benefits

  - 33 days annual holiday
  - 37.5 hour work week
  - University pension
  - Child care and bike to work salary sacrifice schemes
  - Access to University sports facilities
  - A "relaxed" work environment
Looking for

  - Demonstrable JavaScript development experience
  - Experience with VCS, e.g. Git or Subversion
  - An understanding of design patterns and software engineering principles
  - Familiarity with unit testing, automated testing and continuous integration
We would like

  - Familiarity with Linux, bash, open source development tools and methodology
  - Familiarity with client side web frameworks, e.g. Backbone.js
  - Familiarity with Java, Perl, Python or Ruby
  - Knowledge of CoffeeScript, or other transpiled language
  - Knowledge of client side templating and modularity techniques in JavaScript
  - Awareness of HTML5, CSS3, Mocha, and Promises
More at https://intermine.readthedocs.org/en/latest/about/jobs/



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