Job ID: 40909BR
Job date: 2017-02-20
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Company : Harvard University Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2017-02-20
End Date:
Company : Harvard University Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job Description:
The Eddy/Rivas laboratory, a computational biology research group with Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (eddylab.org) is seeking a Scientific Software Engineer to join the software development team to develop two widely used software packages for biological sequence analysis: HMMER (hmmer.org) and Infernal (eddylab.org/infernal). The team is working on the next major releases of these tools, and this position also offers the opportunity to participate in fundamental computational biology algorithms research. Responsibilities include: Parallelization, optimization, development, maintenance, and automated testing of the HMMER and Infernal codebases on multiple platforms. Basic Qualifications: BS in computer science or equivalent and 5+ years of software development experience. Additional Qualifications: -No knowledge of biology is required, but interest in learning is a strong plus. -Expertise in scientific/numerical code in ANSI C99. -Expertise in high performance computing and parallelization using POSIX threads and MPI. -Expertise in typical open source C development environment tools such as git, autoconf, and make. -Expertise in UNIX operating systems (Linux, Mac OS/X). -Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a small but geographically-distributed team.
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This is a four-year term appointment from date of hire with possible term extension based on funding. When applying for this position please submit your resume and cover letter in our preferred format as one combined document (resume followed by cover letter). All formal written offers will be made by FAS Human Resources. -Pre-Employment Screening Education -Identity EEO Statement: We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
The Eddy/Rivas laboratory, a computational biology research group with Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (eddylab.org) is seeking a Scientific Software Engineer to join the software development team to develop two widely used software packages for biological sequence analysis: HMMER (hmmer.org) and Infernal (eddylab.org/infernal). The team is working on the next major releases of these tools, and this position also offers the opportunity to participate in fundamental computational biology algorithms research. Responsibilities include: Parallelization, optimization, development, maintenance, and automated testing of the HMMER and Infernal codebases on multiple platforms. Basic Qualifications: BS in computer science or equivalent and 5+ years of software development experience. Additional Qualifications: -No knowledge of biology is required, but interest in learning is a strong plus. -Expertise in scientific/numerical code in ANSI C99. -Expertise in high performance computing and parallelization using POSIX threads and MPI. -Expertise in typical open source C development environment tools such as git, autoconf, and make. -Expertise in UNIX operating systems (Linux, Mac OS/X). -Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a small but geographically-distributed team.
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This is a four-year term appointment from date of hire with possible term extension based on funding. When applying for this position please submit your resume and cover letter in our preferred format as one combined document (resume followed by cover letter). All formal written offers will be made by FAS Human Resources. -Pre-Employment Screening Education -Identity EEO Statement: We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.[Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]