Senior Software Developer, Cloud

We are searching for a Senior Software Developer with Linux and Cloud experience to support the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in North Bethesda, MD. NCBI is the world’s premier biomedical center hosting over six million daily users that seek research, clinical, genetic, and other information that directly impacts biomedical research and public health – at NCBI you can literally help to accelerate cures for diseases! NCBI’s wide range of applications, platforms (Node, Python, Django, C++, you name it) and environments (big data [petabytes], machine learning, multiple clouds) serve more users than almost any other US Government Agency according to https://analytics.usa.gov/.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience handling large amounts of data or working in a distributed computing environment
• Programming experience in a Linux environment
• Experience with Cloud technologies:
  • AWS: EC2, S3, Lambda
  • GCP: GKE, Google Store, Cloud functions
• Proficiency in at least one of programming languages: Java, C, C++
• Fluency in some scripting languages such as BASH, csh, Perl, or Python
• Ability to work with common structured documents (at least one of XML, JSON)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, unit tests, integration and regression testing
• Solid communication skills both oral and written
• Please be aware that samples of code will be asked for

Desired qualifications:

• Experience with working with genetic and biological data
• Experience with relational databases
• Experience with no-SQL databases such as Cassandra
• Experience with open source projects and involvement in open source communities such as GitHub, etc.
• Experience managing production workflow of an online public database
• Experience with RESTful API design
• Adept at Agile techniques and practices

Additional Information:

• Competitive salary depends on skills and experience.
• Excellent benefits package

  Several positions are available that have following responsibilities: design and development of business-logic and presentation components for NIH web portal, system performance optimization, development of algorithms for analyzing large volumes of biological data, design and support of databases for storing genomic and other biological information.
  Thank you for your interest in our Full-Stack Software Developer position!
We look forward to reviewing your application.

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