Full Stack Software Developer

About the Team

We are seeking a Full Stack Software Developer to join the BioSamples team at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). BioSamples is a core biological metadata repository that stores, validates, and serves sample metadata for life‑science research. It underpins major public archives such as ENA, ArrayExpress, and Human Cell Atlas, enabling FAIR data submissions at scale.

Role Overview

As a Senior Full‑Stack Software Developer you will design, develop, maintain, and evolve software systems that support BioSamples data submission, validation, and retrieval services. Your work will span backend services, APIs, large‑scale metadata processing pipelines, and user‑facing web applications, ensuring high‑quality metadata can be submitted and explored by researchers worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Java (preferably 17+) and Spring.
• Develo...