Senior Software Engineer
We have an open position for a Software Engineer at dictyBase, the model organism database for Dictyostelium discoideum. The database consists of a small group of bioinformatics engineers and scientific curators who work closely together in a stimulating environment to develop a leading bioinformatics resource to maintain and distribute the genome of Dictyostelium. We are located at Northwestern University in downtown Chicago, IL, USA.
We're looking for an experienced software engineer to build and maintain bioinformatics applications. The developer will work on a team with life science investigators and other engineers to develop applications that incorporate data from sequencing centers, stock centers, public biomedical databases, and analyses from bioinformatics toolsets. The responsibilities include analyzing requirements for the different projects, identifying technical and functional requirements, and designing and building the systems based on those specifications. The software engineering team at dictyBase is highly collaborative and committed to Agile Software practices. We are especially interested in applicants who are team players with a demonstrated commitment of software practices such as unit testing, functional testing, build management and excellent documentation skills.
Requirements Include:
- A BS/MS degree in Computer Science/Biology. Other Majors are welcome with relevant experience
- 2+ years of solid software development experience in Industry/Academic setup with exposure to complete software development life-cycle
- Experience in Object Oriented analysis, design and implementation in application programming languages such as Perl, Java, Python, Ruby
- Experience in relational databases Oracle/PostgreSQL/
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated commitment to documentation
- Bioinformatics experience is a plus
We encourage interested applicants to send a cover letter and a CV to dictybase@northwestern.edu