Position Summary
The Su Lab (http://sulab.org) is a bioinformatics research group that operates at the interface between biology, computer science, machine learning, and software engineering. Our projects span a wide spectrum of disease areas (including osteoarthritis, cancer, cystic fibrosis), organisms (human, mouse, microbiomes) and technology platforms (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics).
We are currently recruiting for a Web Programmer to work on developing online biomedical tools. Our group is involved in several applications that are collectively accessed millions of times per month by researchers worldwide. Initially, this position will focus on BioGPS (http://biogps.org), a gene portal for aggregating and integrating online knowledge of gene function.
We are seeking an individual who is:
- passionate about web development and cutting edge web technologies
- excited by our biomedical research mission, and
- enthusiastic about joining our dynamic and diverse team of developers and scientists.
Basic Qualifications
This position requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior web development experience in open-source, freelance, commercial or advanced academic projects. In your cover letter, please describe 1-2 programming projects that are most relevant to this job description. If available, please include relevant URLs to past projects and/or links to contributions to open-source projects.
Preferred Qualifications
The BioGPS technology stack includes:
- HTML5
- jQuery, ExtJS
- Python
- Django
- Tornado
- Postgres
- MongoDB
- ElasticSearch
- uWSGI
- Nginx
- AWS EC2
- Munin
- Mercurial
Qualified applicants will have significant experience with one or more of these technologies. In your cover letter, please briefly describe your current or past projects that utilize these technologies. Education and/or familiarity with biology is preferred, but not required.
To apply, visit https://careers.scripps.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=61800.
