Working closely with UX and product colleagues, back-end developers, data scientists and other members of the Literature Services team, you will translate user needs and designs into robust, reusable and maintainable front-end applications and components. You will contribute to the ongoing evolution of Europe PMC's web architecture, helping us improve performance, accessibility, maintainability. Your key responsibilities will include:

Designing, developing and maintaining responsive, accessible and high-quality web interfaces for Europe PMC.
Building reusable front-end components and contribute to a consistent design system across the service.
Translating UX designs, prototypes and user requirements into production-quality interfaces.
Developing interfaces for complex, data-rich functionality including literature search, filtering, article pages and research workflows.
Integrating front-end applications with APIs and other web services using structured data such as JSON.
Optimising front-end performance, including page loading, rendering and efficient delivery of web assets.
Developing automated tests and contributing to continuous integration and deployment practices.
Ensuring interfaces meet appropriate accessibility, usability and web standards.
Working collaboratively with software developers, UX/product specialists, data scientists and scientific colleagues as part of cross functional teams
Participating in code review, technical design and architectural discussions.
Contributing to Agile development processes and the continuous improvement of Europe PMC.

Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript and modern web development standards.
Experience developing responsive, cross-browser web applications using a modern front-end framework such as React, Vue or equivalent.
Experience building reusable components and maintainable front-end architectures.
Experience integrating web applications with REST APIs and working with structured data such as JSON.
A good understanding of web performance and experience diagnosing and improving front-end performance.
Experience with automated testing and modern front-end testing frameworks.
Experience using source control, particularly Git, and collaborative software development practices.
Good understanding of web accessibility, usability and responsive design.
An understanding of interaction and visual design, with the ability to work effectively with UX specialists and translate designs into high-quality interfaces.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively with complex requirements and large, data-driven applications.
Fluency with AI-assisted coding and development tools as part of standard working practice
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Developing high-traffic or large-scale public web services.
Design systems and component libraries.
Front-end performance monitoring and optimisation.
Search and discovery interfaces or other complex data-intensive applications.
Agile development methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
Bioinformatics, scientific information services, scholarly publishing or open research infrastructure.

The Literature Services team develops and operates Europe PMC, a major open research infrastructure providing access to biomedical and life sciences literature. Europe PMC contains over 47 million publications, including more than 12 million full-text articles, and connects the scientific literature with research data, grants, citations, persistent identifiers and text-mined biological information. The service supports millions of users and large-scale programmatic access to the scientific literature., Diversity and inclusion: At EMBL, we believe that diverse teams drive innovation and scientific excellence. We encourage applications from candidates of all genders, identities, nationalities and/or any other diverse backgrounds.

Working Pattern: This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, with 1-2 days per week on site, including one designated team day to support collaboration and connection.
Financial incentives: Monthly family, child and non-resident allowances, annual salary review, pension scheme, death benefit, long-term care, accident-at-work and unemployment insurances
Flexible working arrangements - including hybrid working patterns
Private medical insurance for you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)
Generous time off: 30 days annual leave per year, in addition public holidays
Relocation package including installation grant (conditions apply)
Campus life: Free shuttle bus to and from work, on-site library, subsidised on-site gym and cafeteria, casual dress code, extensive sports and social club activities (on campus and remotely)
Family benefits: On-site nursery, 10 days of child sick leave, generous parental leave, holiday clubs on campus and monthly family and child allowances
Benefits for non-UK residents: Visa exemption, education grant for private schooling, financial support to travel back to your home country every second year and a monthly non-resident allowance.

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