Developer Advocacy Jobs in Maryland

INTRODUCTION

Whiting School of Engineering’s Computer Science Department is seeking a Developer II to assist the Phillippy lab in the development of bioinformatics methods for the analysis of long-read DNA sequencing data and personalized genomes. Assigned projects may include methods development for DNA sequencing, comparative genomics, genome assembly, and genome interpretation. The candidate will work closely with other members of the team, including students, postdocs, and senior staff, to advance the lab’s research mission.

The Developer II participates in the creation, implementation, maintenance, performance, production support and documentation of various departmental and enterprise-wide application systems. This includes but is not limited to the installation, modification, and testing of new and/or upgraded applications (packages or homegrown), operating systems, file structures, hardware, communication devices, and productivity tools. Applies analysis techniques and procedures to gather and then translate business requirements into functional/technical specifications and designs. Using functional specifications and designs, produces all or part of the deliverables. Maintains databases and application system code.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Analysis & Requirements Gathering

• Under guidance define business/clinical/education problems by meeting with clients to observe and understand current processes and the issues related to those processes. Provide written documentation of findings to share with the client and other IT colleagues.
• Gather system requirements by meeting with clients and researching existing technology to understand the business requirements for new applications.

Design & Development

• Develop detailed tasks by analyzing project scope and milestones for projects to ensure product is delivered quickly according to software lifecycle standards.
• Write functional/technical specifications by taking the provided system requirements, putting them into functional and technical descriptions for use by programmers and business analysts to develop technical solutions.
• Develop/change data input, files/database structures, data transformation, algorithms, and data output by using appropriate computer language/tools to provide technical solution for application development tasks.
• Document code and associated processes by adhering to development methodologies, adding code comments and appropriate documentation to various knowledge-based system(s) to simplify code maintenance and to improve the support.

Testing & Documentation

• Create and document test scenarios using the appropriate testing tools to validate and verify application functionality.
• Test all changes by using the appropriate test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handled in a meaningful way.
• Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end-user references.

Implementation & Maintenance

• Implement changes by adhering to the change management policies and procedures for any given project to communicate to all parties the nature, significance, and risk factors of the solution.
• Monitor changes and resolve problems by responding to problems as they occur, by reviewing all processing and output of the newly implemented solution, and by proactively ensuring the solution works successfully to satisfy the customer requirements and to provide a smooth transition to the new solution.
• Provide support by triaging and resolving issues to ensure prompt, effective service.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above:

• Develop robust computational methods to advance comparative and personalized genomics.
• Analyze data to contribute to biological discovery about previously inaccessible regions of the genome.
• Maintain software engineering best practices and disseminate results and software.
• Read scientific literature for background and to stay up to date in the field.
• Meet frequently with supervisor to report on progress.
• Present at internal lab meetings as well as to collaborators, and engage in all other lab activities.
• Author scientific publications reporting on results and methods.
• Support teaching activities as requested.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• One year of related experience with computer systems and applications.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge in the assigned application as well as the platform on which it runs.
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field, with a breadth of coursework covering the sciences and math; advanced computing topics such as algorithms, graph theory, machine learning, and ethics; and specialized topics in computational biology.
• Strong practical computational skills, particularly in Python, R, and shell scripting (as well as C, Java, JS, Go, React, SQL).
• Experience in a research computing environment, including with version control, pipeline development, and high-performance computing systems.
• Two plus years of experience working with genomic data, including knowledge and use of common file formats: sam/bam, fastq, vcf, paf, bed; software: samtools, bedtools, deepvariant, modkit, minimap; pipelines/skills: alignment, variant calling, methylation data analysis.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to read and interpret scientific literature.
• Interest in developing and/or applying computational methods for genome assembly, sequence alignment, variant detection, variant annotation, and information visualization.

Technical Skills

Expected Skills - Proficiency Level

• Agile Methodology - Developing
• Code Review - Developing
• Debugging - Developing
• JIRA - Developing
• Microservices - Developing
• Model View Controller - Developing
• Product Life Cycle Management - Developing
• Restful API - Developing
• Secure Coding - Developing
• Software Design Patterns - Developing
• Software Development Life Cycle - Developing
• Unit Testing - Developing

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

LOCATION

Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus

COMPENSATION

Starting Salary Range: $53,800 - $94,400 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)

EMPLOYEE GROUP

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: M-F, 37.5 hrs wkly

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department name: Department of Computer Science

Personnel area: Whiting School of Engineering

TOTAL REWARDS

The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE EQUIVALENCY

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

APPLICANTS COMPLETING STUDIES

Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

BACKGROUND CHECKS

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

EEO is the Law

https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.

VACCINE REQUIREMENTS

Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.

The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.