Software Engineer (Bioinformatics) at University of Cape Town

Requirements:

• Honours degree in a discipline such as Computer Science, Engineering or Information Systems with 4-5 years’ experience in software engineering or
• Masters degree (or equivalent) in computer science, information technology or engineering with 3 years’ experience in software engineering
• Expertise in Python, with experience in the Django Framework
• Proficiency in at least one other programming language such as C#, NodeJS, Java or PHP
• Experience in developing RESTful APIs
• Experience in CI/CD
• Proficiency in working with common structured data formats, including JSON and XML
• Experience in writing unit tests with good code coverage
• Experience with Linux shell and working within a Unix environment
• Experience with configuration management (e.g. Ansible, chef)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning with Git
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills
• Evidence of organizational skills

Advantageous:

• Experience in/knowledge of biological data and tools
• Experienced with writing reusable workflows in Nextflow, Snakemake, Workflow Description Language (WDL), or Common Workflow Language (CWL)
• Experience in deploying virtual environments and applications on public cloud providers, such as OpenStack, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and building/deploying containerized applications
• An understanding of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)
• Able to work well with individuals from diverse fields and backgrounds
• Federated analysis

Responsibilities:

• Gather use cases and specifications
• Assess TRE implementation frameworks
• Work with stakeholders, design, maintain and manage business-critical systems and infrastructure service components
• Develop/implement TRE infrastructure and services for specific use cases,
• Integrate data and tool registries, develop containerized workflows as required
• Implement and contribute to GA4GH standards and APIs for federated analysis
• Roll out federated TREs with central hub
• Create and maintain technical documentation for user support
• Provide highly specialized support for developed systems and infrastructure service components
• Work with existing TRE projects globally

The annual remuneration package for 2026, including benefits, is between is between R661 967 and R778 783.

Closing date:  14 April 2026