Application developer Jobs in Durham, NC

Position Objective : Provide services as a Scientific Application Developer in support of the overall functions of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Duties and Responsibilities :

Use advanced knowledge in machine learning, statistics, text mining, natural language processing, computational semantics, computer vision, and data science to develop creative solutions to complex real-world problems

Conceive of and create data processing pipelines that allow for the efficient movement, pre-processing and display of data

Provide technical experience reviewing, analyzing, and modifying existing programming systems

Develop scientific applications using R, Shiny and or Python

Test and maintain software products to ensure strong functionality and optimization

Maintain and monitor applications, databases, or software tools

Collaborate with staff to develop database application and tools for supporting bioinformatics and scientific computing research projects

Provide written technical descriptions of implemented algorithms; contribute to the publication of the labs software and research

Provide written technical descriptions of implemented algorithms; contribute to the publication of the labs software and research

Develop new code and refine troubleshoot existing code

Plan, build and maintain applications to meet end users need

Provide support for development of methods in data science 5

Develop new code and refine troubleshoot existing code 4

Develop and implement new or major revisions to applications, databases, or software tools 3

Develop and implement new or major revisions to applications, databases, or software tools 2

Visualize data using ggplot2 and plotly 1

Meet with lab members to present updates - Weekly

Provide code updates through git based repositories - Ad-Hoc

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming or Computer Science

CompTIA Networking Certification

Experience with Python, R / Shiny, Groovy, Scikit-learn

Experience with Data Visualization and Software Development

Minimum Qualifications :

Ability to multi-task and pay close attention to detail

Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills

Strong communication skills, both oral and written

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required by this position.

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