Bioinformatics Programmer

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Job date: 2017-09-13
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Company : Aequor Technologies 

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Role : Programmer 


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Job Description:
We are looking for an eager and self-motivated programmer who wants to work in a small, embedded team of expert bionformaticists to help develop and optimize software that will have broad research and clinical implications across ID, while learning about drug discovery and applying modern bioinformatics approaches to scientific problems affecting human health globally.

Required Education / Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related field
  • Demonstrated scientific / technological curiosity and initiative
  • Ability to work with a small team of developers, often autonomously
  • Fluency with the Linux command line interface (e.g. bash)
  • Expertise in Python and its scientific, numerical, and data visualization modules (e.g. pandas, NumPy, matplotlib)
  • Experience with code version control, preferably git
  • Track record of good software development practices (e.g. unit testing, regression testing, detailed documentation)
  • Experience developing in object-oriented or other programming paradigms
  • Track record of building software that validates user input and provides useful error messages
  • Strong interest in learning the biological concepts and rationale underlying the analysis pipelines she or he will be developing
Desired (but not required) Skills:
  • Experience working in HPC / Cloud Computing environments
  • Basic knowledge of biology; in particular, infectious diseases caused by bacteria and viruses
  • Background in statistics
  • Familiarity with machine (esp. “Deep”) learning approaches
Job Type: Contract

Required education: Bachelor's


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Additional Info:
Location: Emeryville, CA

Duration: 01 Year contract with possible extension

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