Software Engineer
Swiss Institute of Tropical & Public Health | ONSITE in Basel (Switzerland)
Salary: 70k-100k CHF (80-100%)
We build open-source infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing data more accessible, interpretable, and equitable.
About the Role
We're hiring a software engineer to join the Epidemiology & Virus Evolution (EVE) Group to work at the intersection of two major efforts:
- ARTIC 2: empowering real-time, low-cost sequencing & surveillance [1]
- Pathoplexus: an award-winning open-source platform for sharing viral genomic data based on Loculus [2] - https://pathoplexus.org/
Launched in August 2025, Pathoplexus has already won recognition and awards for its approach to open, FAIR data sharing. [3][4]
Work in a small, international team in a group led by Dr Emma Hodcroft (one of Nature's "Ones to Watch in 2025" [5]) and support data infrastructure used by public health labs and researchers worldwide. This is a chance to make a real impact on global health and data equity.
About You
- Skilled in: TypeScript, React, Kotlin, Python
- Bonus: Kubernetes, bioinformatics, data pipelines, open-source experience
Application
More details & application here → https://jobs.swisstph.ch/Vacancies/1082/Description/2
References
[1] https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ambitious-project-to-... [2] https://github.com/loculus-project/loculus [3] https://www.science.org/content/article/new-scientist-run-vi... [4] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02864-x [5] https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/Awards-Honors/Article/N...