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The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCBI is the world's premier biomedical center hosting over six million daily users that seek research, clinical, genetic, and other information that directly impacts biomedical research and public health – at NCBI you can literally help to accelerate cures for diseases! NCBI's wide range of applications, platforms (node, python, Django, C++, you name it) and environments (big data [petabytes], machine learning, multiple clouds) serve more users than almost any other US Government Agency according to https://analytics.usa.gov/

You will join NCBI's team of web developers and software engineers to build robust, flexible web applications, APIs, and services. This role calls for an expert Full Stack Developer – with knowledge and experience in modern web development, testing, UI design and usability principles, and ability to work effectively with user researchers, designers, product managers, scientists, security and DevOps engineers

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain robust, performant, user-facing web applications in Python/Django supporting millions of daily users
• Develop, create, and ship new functionality for user interaction and scientific data backend, using modern APIs and frameworks
• Build highly efficient backend components using Python, and integrate front end components into the applications
• Develop and maintain test suites, monitor applications for performance, security and accessibility compliance
• Work as an integral part of an agile product team to deliver an unbelievably great user experience
• Deliver responsive, accessible high quality (automated test/build/deploy) code
• Lead and contribute to code development standards, code reviews, and team process improvements
• Mentor, coach, and train junior developers

Required qualifications: 

• BS in Computer Science or scientific field (engineering, physics), or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of Full stack Web applications development, 3+ years using python and Django
• Excellent understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and third-party libraries
• Knowledge of server-side programming languages including Net, Java, Ruby and Python
• Experience with relational database modeling and data migration
• Familiarity with DBMS technology, including SQLServer, Oracle, MongoDB and MySQL and caching mechanisms
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance
• Experience with version control systems like Git or SVN
• Including knowledge of UI/UX and basic prototype design
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and team player
• Experience working with servers with a solid background in Linux

Preferred qualifications: 

• Experience developing Django web applications and services
• Working experience with JavaScript Frameworks such as Angular and ReactJS
• Experience using web services and RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with search engines and backends (Lucene, Solr)
• Semantic markup and modern web layout techniques
• Automated regression testing with Selenium
• Proficient understanding of Git version control system
• Experience with agile development processes
• Experience in a technical lead role
• Excellent teamwork, communication and collaboration skill