Senior Computational Research Engineer - Fröhlich Lab.

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

In this role, you will collaborate with other lab members to develop, implement, and maintain scientific software. This entails teaching and training other group members in good software development practice, establishment of reusable computational pipelines and software development workflows and day-to-day support of group members with coding advice and code review. The role covers a wide range of different functions and allows for continuity of lab operations.

The Research Group

The Fröhlich lab builds computational models to unravel the regulatory principles underlying the dynamics of intracellular signalling. We build these models by blending techniques from mathematical modelling and machine learning. More details about the group and our research interests can be found on the lab’s webpage www.frohlichlab.com

The successful candidate will join a growing, multi-disciplinary team of scientist with the opportunity to contribute own ideas and help shape the research profile of the lab. Currently, there is one PhD student and one Postdoc in the team, who have backgrounds in structural biology, systems biology, electrical engineering and chemical nanotechnology.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide computational expertise to help other group members achieve their research objectives.
• Providing technical expertise and input for the development, refinement and troubleshooting of relevant or novel computational methodologies.
• Implement, benchmark, evaluate and apply existing and novel numerical methods to build bespoke analysis and modelling pipelines.
• Help to develop others by mentoring and sharing expertise and experience.
• Help to support and develop group project management and reporting procedures.
• Continue professional development through maintaining awareness of developments in the wider research communities.
• Participating in academic activities, including group meetings and journal clubs, seminars, workshops and scientific meetings.
• Publish where appropriate. 

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy. 

• If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website.
• The closing date for applications is 24/04/2024
• All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.