Junior/Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (m/f/x)

Offer

UCLouvain is hiring a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (F/M/X)

Job Id : SF  36086
Internal and external job posting until 31st of March 2024

For institute de Duve Institute of Medical Sector
Main campus :  Charleroi
Fixed-term, full-time contract, until the 31st of December 2025.
Starting date : as soon as possible

Introduction

Job description

• Develop solutions for the storage, exchange, and accessibility of large biological datasets, using innovative formats.
• Ensure interoperability between data of different origins using international standards (e.g., HL7 FHIR).
• Apply bioinformatics pipelines to process single-omics data (mass spectrometry, high-throughput sequencing, etc.) and integrate multi-omics data.
• Implement specific cloud-based storage and computation.
• Develop and deploy specific modules to optimize experimental workflow, such as Quality Control or sample tracing.
• Help with designing automated or semi-automated statistical analyses.

Required qualifications and skills

• PhD in computer science, software engineering, or related field.
• Demonstrable experience with the following tools:

–    Object-oriented programming (Java, Python or C++)
–    Data science, machine learning, and/or statistical computing (R or Python)
–    Databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
–    Responsive web applications (e.g., Spring, Vue.js, Bootstrap)
–    Professional software development (e.g., unit testing, version control, continuous integration, release cycles, Git)
–    Cloud architectures

• Interest in biological or medical research
• Ability to work both autonomously and within a team.
• Good written and oral communication skills, English proficiency

Additional assets :

• Experience in biology, bioinformatics, health informatics, or in any role involving biological or medical data.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and/or RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of R Bioconductor package.
• Familiarity with open-source software distribution

We offer

• A collaborative work environment: The project is conjointly led by the Computational Biology (CBIO) and Computer Engineering (INGI) units from UCLouvain and will involve other major academic actors.
• The collaborator will be partly based in the A6K startup incubator in Charleroi, and partly home-based (with occasional travels to UCLouvain’s Brussels or Louvain-La-Neuve campuses)
• Flexible work hours
• One-year fixed-term contract, with a possibility of extension.
• Reimbursement of public transportation cost

Application process

Candidates are invited to send their application (resume and cover letter, detailing their technical skills and professional experience) at jobs@eomix.be.