Location: York / Hybrid (Wednesdays in-person at Eagle Labs, The Catalyst YO10 5GW) Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours). Part-time applications considered. MORF-Bio is an ambitious, venture-backed spin-out from the University of York, dedicated to building SaaS tools to help life science researchers use Big Data. Now, we need a driven Senior Software Engineer to join our small, high-performing team and help us scale.
Our platform empowers customers tackling the world s most urgent challenges, from climate change to pandemic preparedness. If you want to use your engineering skills to drive genuine global impact, we want to hear from you.
Located in the heart of the University of York s academic community, MORF-Bio offers a flexible hybrid working culture with the vibrant coworking environment at the Catalyst for our in-person days. The site perfectly balances convenience and wellbeing, featuring excellent public transport links and free parking alongside scenic lakeside walks and nearby sporting amenities.
Full-Stack Engineering: Contribute to and evolve our core stack using Python (Flask) for the backend and JavaScript for the frontend, supported by MongoDB.
Architecture & Security: Develop and maintain our cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/Private Cloud), ensuring the platform is secure, scalable, and robust enough to handle sensitive biological data.
Deployment & Quality: Agile Orchestration: Manage sprint planning and task organisation via Jira, ensuring development cycles are efficient, goals are transparent, and progress is well-documented.
Proven experience in back-end Python development.
Experience of and aptitude for database design.
Experience with (or a strong willingness to learn) JavaScript.
Approx 3-5 years of professional software engineering experience.
Experience with MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases.
A background or interest in biology/bioinformatics is a bonus, but not essential.
Flexible Culture: We work from home most of the week, meeting in person on Wednesdays at Eagle Labs in York to collaborate. We support flexible working around core hours (10 00).
Competitive Salary: £45k £50k depending on experience (with performance-based increases as the company scales)
Time Off: 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
Access to the vibrant Catalyst community in York, with good public transport and free parking on campus
Latest Tools: High-spec laptop and software licenses
Opportunity to travel: Occasional visits to clients, conferences and training
If you re passionate about building innovative technology that solves real-world problems and believe you can thrive in this role (even if you don t meet every requirement listed), we encourage you to apply we d love to hear from you!