Full Stack Software Engineer - Matchminer

Company: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Location: Boston
Posted on: June 12, 2021

Job Description:

Overview

The Knowledge Systems Group (KSG) at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute seeks a full-stack Software Engineer to further develop and maintain MatchMiner, our open source platform for matching patients to clinical trials.

The Knowledge Systems Group at DFCI operates at the crossroads of cancer genomics, software, and medicine. Our platforms are focused on mining of cancer genomic data sets, matching patients to clinical trials, and building cloud-based infrastructure for sharing data across cancer centers.

You can find more information about us online at: https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/knowledge-systems/ and https://ds.dfci.harvard.edu/knowledge-systems/ksg_engineers/.

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute brings together world renowned clinicians, innovative researchers and dedicated professionals, allies in the common mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. Combining extremely talented people with the best technologies in a genuinely positive environment, we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all ages; we conduct research that advances treatment; we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers; we reach out to underserved members of our community; and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Build backend services and APIs in Python, and interact with Mongo, ElasticSearch, and SQL DBs.
• Build front end user interfaces via React or Angular.
• Orchestrate and maintain services via modern devops frameworks.
• Write automated test suites and perform code reviews.
• Maintain full documentation regarding architecture, code and devops services.
• Interact, communicate and prioritize features via Agile development process.
• Work closely with Project lead and other stakeholders to ensure that systems evolve based on continuous feedback.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 1+ years of web software engineering experience: HTTP, REST / JSON APIs.
• Proficiency in at least one component of "full-stack" programming: front-end, back-end, devops.
• 2+ years of Python coding experience. Knowledge of back-end frameworks is a big plus.
• 1-2 years of Javascript experience, in either React or Angular.
• Understanding of data structures and algorithmic complexity, code and modularity, testing and debugging.
• Working knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, especially MongoDB and Elasticsearch
• Strong interest in contributing to biological research with clinical applications.
• Experience with containerization of software (e.g. Docker).
• Experience in modern software development technologies, including distributed versioning systems, continuous integration, and Agile programming practices.
• User interaction (UI) design and/or experience in data visualization would be considered a significant plus.

The Full Stack Software Engineer must also demonstrate strong communication skills, outstanding personal initiative and the ability to work effectively as part of a team. Ability to meet deadlines and efficiently multitask is a must.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other groups as protected by law.

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