Programmer/analyst

Description:

The Thrombosis Program at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is seeking a Software Developer for the development of an app to support thrombosis research and analysis. The applicant will work under The Wilfred and Joyce Posluns Centre for Image-Guided Innovation and Therapeutic Intervention (PCIGITI) alongside other developers and innovators to provide the scientific community with expertise in data-based science, high-performance computing, and machine learning. The developer will also work with the Thrombosis Program, a multidisciplinary research team that provides data-supported analysis of thrombosis research within the SickKids Research Institute and many other collaborators across Canada and beyond.

What you will do:

• Build and maintain full-stack web applications, data analysis pipelines, and technical documentation
• Collaborate with other developers on your team, bioinformaticians, and scientists
• Interview users and clients to propose and design project specifications
• Design and test new features and review code written by your peers
• Own and operate the software and systems you build with current best practices
• Facilitate an application’s transition from research project to production

Essential requirements:

• B.Sc. degree in computer science, software engineering or related field; or at least 2 years of recent and equivalent experience
• At least 1 year of experience in web application development and deployment
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, and React
• Experience with Linux environments
• Experience with Git
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication

Additional qualifications are preferred:

• Experience with Docker
• Experience programming in Typescript
• Experience with SQL databases (e.g. designing schemas, optimizing queries, migrating)
• Experience with cloud environments
• Experience with high-performance computing and job schedulers
• Knowledge of web application security
• DevOps experience (e.g. GitHub Actions)
• Experience with bioinformatics or health data