Full Stack Developer - Oncology Data Analytics Program

Ref.: 23-278_SS_GC

About the research group

Hereditary cancer

The Oncology Data Analytics Program (ODAP) was built in 2019 to answer the needs of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and IDIBELL with a unique program to support the institutes in the areas of oncological data handling, analysis and research for cancer prevention, early detection, and precision oncology. This is performed by applying state-of-the-art bioinformatic tools and analyses. The program is divided in three units:

  - The Unit of Bioinformatics for Precision Oncology (UBOP) mainly focuses on the application of bioinformatics to contribute to the development and implementation of precision oncology in clinical practice.

  - The Unit of Biomarkers and Susceptibility (UBS) aims to discover and validate molecular biomarkers in cancer, with implications for diagnosis, prognosis and response to treatment.

  - The Oncology Outcomes Unit (URO) focuses on the application of analytical data science techniques, like machine learning and artificial intelligence, to identify patterns in patient data and obtain indicators of oncology outcomes.

To find out more, visit our website: https://www.odap-ico.org/

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated full stack developer to join the research team on bioinformatics and artificial intelligence. The main functions will be centered on the TED21 project, which aims to implement the use of bioinformatics and AI tools to improve precision medicine, trying to identify shared factors in cancer and cardiovascular diseases to better prevention and disease management. In particular, the main role will need to:

• Design, develop and implement a web platform as a dashboard to integrate structured patient data, indicators and AI tools for personalized medicine in cancer and cardiovascular diseases by exploiting electronic medical records in relation to cancer diagnosis and the effectiveness and toxicity of the main treatments.
• Design a full web platform that integrates the design of the customer experience on a page (front end), as well as the internal architecture of the site (back end).
• Analyze and identify appropriate framework and development technologies to ensure the future functionality of the designed web platform.
• Maintain and fix issues found in the platform.
• Collaborate with the Linux system administrator of our team for the maintenance and updates of the developed platforms.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Certified experience as a full stack developer, at least the last 3 years (preferably in the field of Health or Oncology)
• Verifiable experience in the full development of a specific web tool

Education and training

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering
• Additional ceritifications or courses about framework or technologies development and backend arquitectures, will be considered

Technical & soft skills

• Experience in the creation of full applications, from the first approach of the original need to final production environment
• Ability to understand a problem or a new functionality and assess system implications globally
• Ability to detect possible improvements and automations in current processes to make them more efficient
• Experience in defect management methodologies, unit testing, continuous integration, quality assurance, collaborative development, etc.
• Experience in GNU/Linux development environments and virtualized environments (Docker, Singularity)
• Experience in Linux server administration (DevOps), and with the cloud (AWS, AZURE, GCE)
• Experience using programming best practices, version control tools (GIT, SVN) or similar
• Proficient coding Python and/or Java, JavaScript
• Web programming and RESTful APIs, Django, NodeJS, Angular, React, Vue
• Experience using and management SQL databases (PostgreSQL and mySQL)
• Knowledge of database management of NoSQL arquitechtures (MongoDB or equivalent)
• Knowledge of AGILE / SCRUM project development methodologies
• Knowledge of reverse proxy deployments and configurations (NGINX or equivalent)
• Skills in self-organization, fluid communication and teamwork

Languages

• Good command of the English language

We will value, but not required

• Master's degree in artificial inteligence (or equivalent discipline)
• Knowledge of machine learning, deep learning, and other AI techniques
• Knowledge of NLP toolkits / biomedical test mining
• Knowledge in cloud (AWS preferred), Jenkins, Travis
• Knowledge in big data analytics (Hadoop/Spark)
• Knowledge in health and cancer data management
• Knowledge of Catalan and Spanish languages (C1 level)

What do we offer

• No. of positions: 1

• Estimated start date: 01/01/2024

• Contract duration: Permanent linked to projects

• Estimated annual gross salary: 39.000 €
  
  

• You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.

• Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
  
  

• Possibility to work some days in remote - Teleworking

• 26 working days of holiday per year

• System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.

• Paid leave package

• Benefits of constant training are offered

• We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.
  

Deadline: Please submit your application by 04/12/2023

Data protection notice

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Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations

The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).