Software Engineer II - GTEx Group

Characteristic Duties

• Work in a collaborative setting with a small team of developers and biologists to enhance the GTEx Portal.
• Affiliate in the design and implementation of a high-quality, production-grade, full-stack web portal.
• Affiliate in the design and development of large, complex frameworks.
• Research and recommend frameworks and libraries.
• Deploy applications to the cloud and monitor health.
• Design and implement data models.
• Design and implement RESTful web services.
• Participate in code reviews and apply feedback to subsequent work.
• Proactively identify obstacles or problems and recommend improvements.
• Effectively and graciously answer questions from GTEx Portal users.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 2+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, demonstrating sound engineering judgment.
• Demonstrated skill in designing, implementing, and documenting software engineering components.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Full-stack web development experience.
• Proficient in the modern typed Python stack, including the Pandas/Polars library.
• Proficient in cloud computing, preferably with the Google Cloud Platform (GKE, App Engine, GCS).
• Working knowledge of the modern web development stack, including Typescript/JavaScript, React or Vue3, HTML5, and CSS Modules.
• Working knowledge of data visualization libraries such as D3.
• Good sense of design aesthetics.
• Takes pride in their work.

Preferred / Optional Qualifications

• Experience with Pydantic and FastAPI.
• Experience using UI component explorers like StoryBook.

Pay

Pay Range: $92,000.00/yr - $122,667.00/yr