Job Description
Connect genotypes to phenotypes. Decode human health. Be part of a team developing new tools used to improve human conditions such as aging, Alzheimer’s disease, cardiac arrhythmia and cancer. NemaMetrix, an actively growing biotech startup, is seeking multiple data engineers to join the engineering team in Eugene, Oregon. We tend to use a lot of open source software and we strive to adhere to open standards.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, statistics, electrical engineering, or related analytical fields
- Two or more years experience in software development, data mining, quantitative analysis, and/or statistical modeling
- Ability to work in a fast-paced scientific environment and learn quickly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly proficient in three or more of the desired skills listed below
Duties:
- Work closely with Neurobiologists, Biologists, Geneticists and Business personnel on a daily basis
- Glean insight from biological data using statistical or machine learning techniques
- Maintain software products to acquire, aggregate and analyze phenotype data from model organisms
- Understand bioinformatic and ontology standards
- Define requirements
- Write software specifications
- Write test plans
- Code, Integrate and Test software
Desired skills and experience:
- AI and machine learning
- Database design and architecture
- Statistical inference and modeling
- Python, R, or Matlab
- Data visualization packages (e.g. matplotlib, seaborn, ggplot, d3js)
- Open source machine learning frameworks (e.g. scikit-learn, tensorflow, keras, PyTorch)
- Software testing
- Backend cloud development
- Frontend web development
To apply for this job email your resume and cover letter to [email protected].