Scientific Application Developer

Requirements
— At least three years of professional experience
— JavaScript or TypeScript
— At least one of: Python, R, Java, C#, C++, Matlab/Octave
— Knowledge and experience in data science and/or life sciences
— Good written English, ability to communicate directly with our clients
— Strong verbal and written communication skills
— Ability to learn and apply new technologies

Nice to have
— Prior exposure to life sciences
— Interest or experience in high performance
— Experience with one of WebGL, WebAssembly, Dart

Responsibilities
— Front-end web and application logic development
— Back-end development for scientific as well as data integration purposes
— Help our clients write JS applications on top of the Datagrok platform
— Design, implement, and operate data management systems
— Use and improve developer-facing platform’s JS API
— Integrate third-party JS libraries into the platform

About Datagrok

​ is looking for a full-stack application developer with an interest in life sciences to join our strong team of engineers and data scientists. We are a startup developing a next-generation data platform that revolutionizes the industry. Our proprietary technology efficiently processes datasets with tens of millions of rows in the browser and interactively visualizes them. We take pride in the platform’s UX and performance through technologies such as WebAssembly, WebGL, and browser-based multithreaded computations. Our enterprise-ready server supports running scripts in various data-science languages, such as Python and R.

Using the full variety of platform facilities, we build real-world applications together with our customers. We are already running commercial projects with the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Not only some of these projects are ambitious, but are also positively impactful to millions of lives. Ask us how we are connected to the recent research and development of the COVID-19 vaccines.

As the number of projects is rapidly growing, we are in demand for ambitious application developers with an edge in life sciences and/or data science eager to leverage the power of our product. While our core technology is primarily based on Dart and Postgres, it has multiple extension points with components developed in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, R, Octave, Java, and C++, for building solutions on top of the platform.

Primarily you will be involved in developing new applications in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, and R, using Datagrok API and facilities, expanding the platform with new plugins where needed. Most of the applications to be developed are strongly connected to natural sciences and data science. There is a lot of room to grow, and there will be many opportunities to assume more responsibilities and learn new domains, such as cheminformatics, bioinformatics, deep learning, or high-performance computing.

This is a remote position.

It would be great if you could send us a project you have developed on your own (github repository is ok), or point to another project you have participated in.