Department of Genetics University of Cambridge | Cambridge, UK | Research Software Engineer (Fixed Term)| Full-time | Visa | Onsite | http://intermine.org/ + http://www.stormtherapeutics.com/
This is a unique opportunity for an enthusiastic and talented software engineer to work on an innovative collaboration in the form of an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), between University of Cambridge and STORM Therapeutics. The key objective of this role is to develop an analysis platform using the data warehouse InterMine to help STORM advance their cancer research. The KTP program aims to develop future business leaders and thus offers excellent training (dedicated annual budget), supervision and mentoring.
Required skills and experience:
Degree in computer science, bioinformatics or a related discipline, or equivalent experience; Familiarity with managed languages (such as Java) and/or dynamic scripting languages (such as Python, Perl); Experience with databases, ideally PostgreSQL; Experience or interest in web front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript); Ability to work on Linux systems and use the command line; Exceptional communication, problem-solving and critical thinking skills; Ability to work and communicate effectively as part of a diverse multi-disciplinary team of programmers, biologists, chemists.
Desired skills and experience:
Experience with build tools, unit tests and continuous integration; Experience with version control, in particular Git; Some awareness of modern bioinformatics best-practices; Knowledge of some different biological file formats, e.g. GFF3, OBO
STORM Therapeutics (www.stormtherapeutics.com) is a drug discovery company focused on RNA epigenetics, developing small-molecule inhibitors of RNA-modifying enzymes for the treatment of cancer. This project aims to provide STORM with sophisticated tools to view and interrogate pertinent data on target genes/proteins and to perform advanced bioinformatic analyses and visualisation.
InterMine (intermine.org) is the world-leading advanced platform for biological data integration developed by the Micklem Lab, within the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge. Working on InterMine will give you the chance to contribute directly to a popular open-source tool suite, used by dozens of top open science-oriented bioinformatics groups worldwide. As a mature Java-based tool, InterMine has a stable code base with a rich set of well-tested web services and API endpoints to power data analysis and applications.
The successful applicant will be employed by the University of Cambridge although embedded at STORM Therapeutics, with regular time also spent within the Cambridge academic team..
Informal enquiries should be directed to Julie Sullivan (j.sullivan@gen.cam.ac.uk) or Hendrik Weisser (hendrik.weisser@stormtherapeutics.com).
To apply online for this vacancy, please visit: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/18260/
Roku | Software Development - OS and New Products | Los Gatos, CA; Austin, TX; Cambridge, UK; Arhaus, DK | ONSITE | https://www.roku.com/about/jobs
Roku is leading manufacturing of streaming media devices; we also integrate our software and hardware designs into products in the TV and MVPD markets. I personally work in the New Products team in Austin, TX supporting our Roku TV effort, and we're looking for more developers to join us to scale up to more models and brands. We're also hiring for the Roku OS Native UI team, building up expertise in the cross-platform C++ code used to run the user interfaces on all of our devices. We love people with a background in consumer electronics, media streaming, or who have a passion around large C++ application development.
There are lots of other positions open too, including QA, product management, and data science.
Apple, Inc. | Cupertino
We’re perfectionists. Idealists. Inventors. Forever tinkering with products and processes, always on the lookout for better. Whether you work at one of our global offices, offsite, or even at home, a job at Apple will be demanding. But it also rewards bright, original thinking and hard work. And none of us here would have it any other way.
Where do you see yourself at Apple?
-- Siri -- Apple’s Siri is looking for exceptional engineers, designers, and project managers well versed in machine learning, natural language, speech recognition, server automation, and/or mobile software development. Siri is used on countless iOS, tvOS and watchOS devices and handles over a billion requests per week.
If you’re passionate about Music, Home automation, Productivity, or one of a variety of our open positions, you’ll be right at home. Note that we have offices in Ottawa, Canada and Cambridge, UK too!
Apply online or send a resume to brittanyd@apple.com.
-- SEAR -- Security Engineering & Architecture is looking for talented engineers to help define the security properties and architecture of Apple’s next generation operating systems. You will contribute to the entire system, from the lowest levels of the device to the services off-device which work together to protect our users. As an engineer you'll majorly impact the design and implementation for all our platforms affecting hundreds of millions of users' privacy and security. We’re hiring for both the User Secrets team and the Trusted Execution team.
Apply online (https://jobs.apple.com/us/search?job=113644011&openJobId=113...) or send a resume to lha@apple.com.
-- Numbers -- The Numbers team is looking for dynamic software engineers with the drive and desire to deliver beautiful and engaging consumer productivity applications on macOS, iOS, and the web. Engineers on our team work closely with other engineers, human interface designers, and different groups across Apple to make a major impact on software used and loved by millions of people to get things done at home, in their communities, and at their jobs.
Apply online (https://jobs.apple.com/us/search?job=113586008#&openJobId=11... send your resume to dibiase@apple.com.
-- FEAR -- Apple's Fraud & Security (FEAR) team, which is responsible for combating fraud and abuse for Apple Services, is looking for software engineers to build large scale distributed systems. We are hiring for senior and junior engineer roles. Senior engineers should have 5+ years working on distributed systems, and junior engineers should have a strong data structure and algorithm background, and proficiency in a statically type language such as Java, C++, Scala. If interested send your resume to fear-eng-hiring@group.apple.com with [HN] in the email subject.
Pico Technology | C# Software Engineer, Software Testers (who code a bit), Product Owner | ONSITE | St Neots, Cambridgeshire, UK | £30k - £50k | http://jobs.picotech.com
Established in 1991 Pico soon became a leader in the field of PC Oscilloscopes and data loggers. Based out of our head office in St Neots, UK, our software development teams work in an agile environment creating innovative software using C#, solving problems such as visualising large data sets.
Due to continuous growth plans Pico Technology are looking to recruit C# Software Engineers with proven C# development skills who are passionate about the code they develop. Additional skills in the following areas would be of interest:
C++, JIRA, Microsoft Visual Studio, DVCS, MVVM, WPF, Cocoa and / or Gtk#, Intel IPP / OpenCV, Azure / AWS
Equal to the technical skills our developers possess, we also value excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.
Our Software Engineers benefit from a working environment that encourages them to produce excellent code with a customisable workstation, multiple monitors and an open plan office. Development Engineers can use Wednesday afternoons to work on inspirational projects either as part of a team of individually.
Away from the desk our Development Engineers can be found competing in our annual pool tournament, playing arcade games in the kitchen, gathered round the table football or simply enjoying our picnic benches in the garden. The flexible working hours suit many different lifestyles, with core hours from 10 till 3, Monday to Friday as well as an annual profit related bonus. A full list of the benefits can be found on our careers website.
If this sounds like the environment you would thrive in and are interested to find out more apply now for immediate consideration. Please mention Hacker News in the "where did you hear about us" box!
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