Job Description :
Overview

Recognized as a world leader in mapping the genetic landscape of pediatric cancers, the St. Jude department of Computational Biology has developed state-of-art computational infrastructure, well-established analytical pipelines, and deep genomic analysis expertise with a track record of high-impact publications in top-tier biomedical journals such as Nature, NEJM, JAMA, Nature Genetics, and Nature Methods. The department provides a highly interactive environment with collaborative opportunities across basic and clinical departments, access to high performance computing clusters, cloud computing environment, innovative visualization tools, highly automated analytical pipelines and mentorship from faculty scientists with deep experience in data analysis, data management, and delivery of high-quality results for highly competitive projects. This position is located in Memphis, TN, and relocation assistance is available.
 

The laboratory of Dr. Jiyang Yu in the department of Computational Biology is seeking a highly motivated and creative
Senior Software Engineer to develop software used in big data bioinformatics analysis as part of a team of scientists
and engineers at the forefront of genomic research into catastrophic childhood diseases.

 

The positions listed require experience working within a team of software developers, writing and maintaining
documentation relevant to the position’s scope of work, writing and maintaining unit tests for software, and assisting in
preparing and submitting manuscripts.

Minimum Education

Bachelor''s degree in engineering, computer science, physical science, or related field required

Master''s degree is preferred

Minimum Experience

Five (5) years of experience in software development is required. One year of experience required with a Master''s degree.

Linux experience is required.

Must be able to develop software in at least one of the following programming languages used within the department:
Perl, Python, Linux shell scripting, C, C++, Go, Rust, JavaScript, NodeJS or Java.

Database development and SQL experience is preferred

Experience in working with large data sets or bioinformatics data is preferredamp;nbsp;

Familiarity with statistical analysis methods and languages such as R is preferred.

Experience in a research or academic setting preferred

EEO Statement

St. Jude is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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