Software Developer

A fast-emerging biotechnology company pioneering a novel approach to drug discovery is looking to hire a Software Developer. The developer will play a critical role in the discovery stage programs by helping develop and modify web applications used to visualize gene networks, identify drug targets, and optimize small molecule compounds. The company has raised more than $10mn in seed financing and stays committed to pinpointing genes in animals that are responsible for disease protection with strong connections to human genes. This will be an excellent opportunity for candidates to collaborate in an early-stage program transforming the future of healthcare.

Job Responsibilities:

• Utilizing Python’s Django framework, implement and deploy feature updates for various web applications
• Help build an excellent model system for identifying drug targets
• Build out a high-performance, scalable visualization framework for the biological data networks
• Contribute to the development involving gene targets to induce hibernation for long-range space travel

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a Computational field, Data Management, Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3+ years of relevant software development experience
• A minimum of 2 years experience working with multimodal data repositories is preferred
• Have working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), specifically EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, and S3 
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Python
• Experience with databases like PostgreSQL
• Experience with web-based network visualizations with D3 or similar libraries
• Highly organized and have great attention to detail
• Flexible to adopt new technologies as needed
• Experience with front-end languages (jQuery/JavaScript, HTML, CSS frameworks)
• Knowledge of Git/version control