Scientific Informatics Developer (onsite), United States, New York, Cold Spring Harbor

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Posted: December 13, 2006

Job title: Scientific Informatics Developer

Company name: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Location:
United States, New York, Cold Spring Harbor

Travel: 0-25%

Terms of employment: Salaried employee

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Description:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a world-renowned research and
educational institution with programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant
biology and bioinformatics. 

A team of CSHL scientists makes up the Data Coordination Center (DCC) for
the International HapMap Project, which has been a multi-institutional
effort to create a map of genetic variation in human populations. Such map
has been a public resource for researchers to use to find genes affecting
health, disease, and responses to drugs and environmental factors. 

The HapMap DCC is now looking for a lead software architect with strong
software developer skills and good understanding of human genetics. The
successful applicant will take a forefront role in maintaining and
enhancing the HapMap’s website content and software infrastructure. The
portfolio of projects is aimed to support scientists in the design,
execution and analysis phases of genetic association studies. This position
requires writing software documentation, and entails participation in the
publication of scientific papers. Personal enrichment and involvement with
the scientific community is fostered through technology exchanges, code
reviews, and participation in lectures, workshops, and conferences, both
locally and remotely.


Required skills:
Master's degree in Computer Science plus 3 years experience or Bachelor's
degree in Computer Science plus 5 years of experience as a software
engineer (relevant experience is described below).

One major programming language (Perl, Java, or C/C++), MySQL/Postgres, and
Unix-based systems. Overall experience with Apache, XML, and CGI. Database
experience including object-relational modeling, database administration
and maintenance, and performance tuning; experience in maintaining high
volume databases is highly desirable. Web development experience includes
writing static and dynamic web pages, templates, and server-side
applications. Experience with bioinformatics resources and tools.


Desired skills:
Good understanding of human genetics concepts is highly desirable.
Familiarity with genetic analysis methods is a plus. Working knowledge of
statistics software, such as R.

URL for more information: http://www.hapmap.org/

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/5091#contact