[ensembl-dev] Jobs at Ensembl

[Kurt Wheeler]

Hi Emily,

I'm not interested in any of these positions. However I've seen a number of
these emails come through this mailing list similar (or maybe just the same
one that's not getting filled?) for the Ensembl Web Back-end Project Leader
position and it seems curious that you're requiring a MScs or PHD for "a
web development manager to lead our back-end web-team, developing web
infrastructure and APIs".  What about that position requires a higher
degree? It has been my experience in the software industry that engineers
who go back for their masters end up with less experience relevant to team
management, web infrastructure, APIs, IT infrastructure, containers, data
management and Linux because these are topics that are not taught in
masters/PHD programs, even computer science and software engineering
programs.

Anyway, I was just wondering why those higher degrees are a requirement. As
a Research Software Engineer who does not have and does not intend to
pursue a higher degree, I wonder what kind of decision making goes into
requiring them for positions that seem to be strictly related to software
development.

Thanks,

Kurt Wheeler
Data Engineer
Childhood Cancer Data Lab
ccdatalab.org

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 4:49 AM Emily Perry <emily at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> If you’ve always dreamed of being part of Ensembl, please take a look at
> our four open jobs available at http://www.ensembl.info/category/06-jobs/:
>
> *Bioinformatics Developer*
> We’re looking for a bioinformatician to work on integrating model organism
> genomic data, including variation, gene and comparative genomics data.
> We’re looking for degrees in biological or computer science, with
> experience in programming, databases and genome analysis. Closes 8th
> December.
>
> *Genomics Project Leader*
> We’re looking for a bioinformatics manager to lead development of
> pipelines for and curation of gene annotation resources for model
> organisms. We’re looking for PhDs in bioinformatics or a related field and
> experience in genome annotation and large-scale databases. Closes 8th
> December.
>
> *Ensembl Web Back-end Project Leader*
> We’re looking for a web development manager to lead our back-end web-team,
> developing web infrastructure and APIs. We’re looking for MScs or PhDs in
> biology, bioinformatics, software engineering with experience working with
> IT infrastructure, containers, data management and Linux. Closes 29th
> November.
>
> *Genebuild bioinformatician*
> We’re looking for a bioinformatician to join our genebuild team, working
> on annotating genes onto genomes, particularly as part of the Darwin Tree
> of Life project. We’re looking for MScs or PhDs in Computer Science,
> Bioinformatics or Genetics, with experience working with complex code,
> genomics and alignments. Closes 20th November.
>
> Please click through to the page to see the full adverts and apply using
> the linked application form.
>
> All the best
>
> Emily (on behalf of the Ensembl team)
>
> --
> Dr Emily Perry (Pritchard)
> Ensembl Outreach Project Leader
> (she/her)
>
> European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
> European Molecular Biology Laboratory
> Wellcome Genome Campus
> Hinxton
> Cambridge
> CB10 1SD
> UK
>
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