Software developer

The Software Developer will be part of the IT team at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, serving as primary developer for Cellosaurus, a cell line knowledge resource, and performing back-end development and IT work. The role involves developing and maintaining software systems with emphasis on data quality and semantic interoperability.

• Serve as the technical reference point for Cellosaurus, coordinating with Team lead, curators, and wider IT team
• Development and maintenance of website, REST APIs, semantic web services, and other online tools
• Creation of data management tools and data validation
• Actively remain up to date on web development tools and methods
• Ensure tools maintenance and end-user support as needed
• Write or participate in the writing of documentation (user documentation, software documentation)

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software development projects
• Strong experience with Python for back-end services and data processing (FastAPI, Django, or Flask)
• Knowledge of relational databases (MySQL / MariaDB) and SQL
• Practical experience with Git
• Proficient working on Linux with web servers (Nginx, Apache)
• SPARQL, RDF, and semantic web technologies (triple stores, ontologies, OWL) – strong asset
• Experience with PHP stack: Laravel, Drupal – strong asset
• Frontend web development tooling: JavaScript / CSS (Tailwind CSS), npm and Vite.js – strong asset
• Docker and containerized deployment; CI/CD pipelines – strong asset
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) – strong asset
• Knowledge of JVM languages (Java, Scala) – strong asset
• Full-text search engines (Solr or Meilisearch) – strong asset
• Experience in a scientific or research data context, ideally life sciences or bioinformatics – strong asset
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• Attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Fluent in English and French
• Good written and verbal communication skills