Technical Product Owner

Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, GBFull-time£46k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-10

HybridVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Lead software development and product strategy for Job Dispatcher and other core bioinformatics services that enable global researchers to run computational analyses on high-performance compute clusters.

Role type

Senior IC bioinformatics software engineer & scientific lead

Builds

Job Dispatcher (structured access to HPC clusters) and FiRE (storage/archiving of 120Pb scientific data)

Domain

Bioinformatics, Scientific Computing, High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Angular, Nextflow, SLURM, Docker, Singularity/Apptainer, Git, CI/CD, Linux

Preferred skills

Large-scale bioinformatics services, peer-reviewed publications, biological sequence data processing, ServiceNow

Technologies

Job Dispatcher, FiRE, Nextflow, SLURM, Docker, Singularity/Apptainer, GitLab, Angular, Java, Python, TypeScript

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain production bioinformatics services; define product roadmaps and technology direction; provide specialist bioinformatics expertise; curate and prioritize development backlog; coordinate data updates; collaborate with scientists and engineers; represent services in technical committees; share knowledge via training and publications

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with scientific leadership

About embl

EMBL AI is EMBL's ambitious new initiative aiming to exploit the full potential of AI-based approaches to advance scientific discovery. EMBL AI will host new AI research groups and data engineering teams, supported by state-of-the-art infrastructure, along with fellowship and skills development programmes that bridge AI and life sciences. EMBL AI groups will be embedded in a world-class environment of biological researchers covering a broad range of biological areas, from molecules to ecosystems.