Javier Ferrer
Backend Lead at European Bioinformatics Institute | EMBL-EBI
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJavier Ferrer is a Backend Lead based in Cambridge with nine years of experience building reliable web and backend systems across research and enterprise environments. Currently leading backend development at EMBL-EBI while pursuing a Master’s in Bioinformatics, he blends strong computer science fundamentals with domain knowledge in life sciences. His background spans full-stack work at CERN—where he contributed backend improvements to the widely used Indico event system—and roles in systems engineering, database integration, and web development. Javier is comfortable moving between hands-on implementation and architectural decisions, and has a track record of adding practical integrations like token-based iCal links and enhanced metadata to complex platforms.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Bioinformatics, Master's degree, Bioinformatics at Universidad de Murcia
Spanish, English
Github Skills (11)
eventsource10
eventing10
event-emitter10
python10
event-sourcing10
flask10
flask-ask10
icalendar10
sqlalchemy9
video-conferencing9
conferencing9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
indico/indico
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
Indico - A feature-rich event management system, made @ CERN, the place where the Web was born.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:66 reviews, 40 commits, 32 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Javier's contributions focused on enhancing the Indico event management system. They implemented features such as attaching iCal files to reminder and registration emails, and integrating token-based URLs for persistent iCal links. Additionally, the user was involved in improving the iCal metadata, including contact information and event logo URLs, while also addressing and fixing several minor issues in templates and PDF exports.
management-systemevent-management-systemeventspythoncern
opentargets/ontoform
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
Transforms ontologies and other input data into the format used by the Open Targets pipeline
Contributions:18 releases, 23 reviews, 15 PRs in 5 months
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