Software Engineer @ Axle

(ID: 2024-8563)

Axle is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations nationally and abroad. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Axle is seeking a Software Engineer For Gsrs to join our vibrant team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supporting the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) located in Rockville, MD.

Benefits We Offer:

100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees
Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
401K match up to 5%
Educational Benefits for Career Growth
Employee Referral Bonus
Flexible Spending Accounts:
- Healthcare (FSA)
- Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
- Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)

Overall Position Summary and Objectives

Under this task order, the contractor will independently provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The primary objective is to provide services and deliverables through performance of support services.

Deliverables:

Monthly status reports to include information on current and completed activities, problems encountered, corrective actions taken, and recommendations for the next reporting period. - Quarterly
Code, unit tests, and documentation (design and implementation) in support of designing, building, and maintaining gsrs.ncats.nih.gov web-based applications for internal NCATS software development projects as well as Informatics external applications via GitHub, maven and NCATS development environments. - Quarterly
Code, unit tests, and documentation (design and implementation) related to designing, building and maintaining data models and backend infrastructure (including H2, Oracle, Postgres, MariaDB) for the GSRS projects including datasets and web application projects. - Quarterly
Code, unit tests, and documentation (design and implementation) related to designing and building web-based applications, content, and website content, this will include user interviews, interfacing with external and international collaborators, and working through processes for each unique environment and their guidelines (i.e. HHS EPLC, etc.) - Quarterly
Management of GitHub repositories (https://github.com/ncats/gsrs3-main-deployment and the repositories for all microservices) and documentation (GitHub Wiki pages, Google Drive, SharePoint, etc.). - Quarterly
Perform code reviews and evaluations for the team as well as collaborator contributions. - Quarterly

Work Details:

Serve as the application lead for applications. - 1
Provide technical experience reviewing, analyzing, and modifying existing programming systems. - 2
Work with staff to develop, test and refine novel programming methods, toolkits, and algorithms. - 3
Use advanced knowledge and proficiency with a variety of statistical and computational techniques. - 4
Develop or utilize new or existing technology to develop dynamic web applications or software tools for bioinformatics application. - 5

Provides technical experience needed to assist in reviewing, updating, analyzing and modifying existing programming systems.
Encodes, tests, debugs and installs new programs using various programming languages.
Deploy applications to systems; manage library dependencies.
Test and maintain software products to ensure strong functionality and optimization.
Develops and schedules data backups, security patches or upgrades, etc.
Maintain and monitor applications, databases, or software tools.
Serve as the lead in the technology areas, including roadmaps, schedules, status reports, plans and recommendations.
Collaborate with staff to develop database application and tools for supporting bioinformatics and scientific computing research projects.
Maintain the lab’s software projects, including associated websites, documentation, code repositories, releases and improvements.
Documents all assignments and creates various reports as needed.
Prepare roadmaps, schedules, status reports, plans and recommendations.
Writes and maintains program documentation.
Prepare roadmaps, schedules, status reports, plans and recommendations.
Documents programming problems and resolutions for future reference.
Manage and troubleshoot deployments and image builds.
Develop new code and refine/troubleshoot existing code.
Troubleshoot scripts and programs to ensure successful use of said scripts and programs.
Provides assistance with planning, building and maintaining applications to meet an end user’s needs.
Implement improvements to development activities to speed development of applications, databases, or software tools.
Perform system design including creation of documents, object diagrams and prototypes.
Plan, build and maintain applications to meet end users need.
Troubleshoots any issues or problems and implements appropriate corrective actions.
Manage and troubleshoot deployments and image builds.
Develop new code and refine/troubleshoot existing code.
Provides guidance and problem resolution for users.
Develop and implement new or major revisions to applications, databases, or software tools.
Provide database support and maintenance, including production data analysis to ensure data integrity, data correction with SQL and/or Java utilities, implementation of the new utilities for users and system administrators to support and correct data.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 represents priority rankings, where 1 is highest priority and 5 is lowest priority of those ranked

Minimum Education:

Bachelor

Additional Qualifications:

Certifications & Licenses

Coursera Distributed Programming in Java Certification

Field of Study

Computer Science

Software

PostgreSQL
CSS/JavaScript
AWS/Docker
SpringBoot
neo4j/Cypher
Travis/Jenkins
Oracle
MySQL
HTML
Java
Git

Skills

Full-Stack Software Development
Database management

Disclaimer:The above description is meant to illustrate the general nature of work and level of effort being performed by individuals assigned to this position or job description. This is not restricted as a complete list of all skills, responsibilities, duties, and/or assignments required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their position, job description or responsibilities as needed.

The diversity of Axle’s employees is a tremendous asset. We are firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment based on age, race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, covered veteran status, sexual orientation, status with respect to public assistance, and other characteristics protected under state, federal, or local law and to deter those who aid, abet, or induce discrimination or coerce others to discriminate.

Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process please contact: [email protected]

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location.

Salary Range

$100,000—$107,000 USD

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