Senior Full Stack Developer

Overview

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for a Sr. Full Stack Developer to support our work for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), an institute of the National Institutes of Health. This opportunity is full time and onsite at the NIH-NCBI in Bethesda, MD and/or remote work.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCBI is the world’s premier biomedical center hosting over six million daily users that seek research, clinical, genetic, and other information that directly impacts biomedical research and public health – at NCBI you can literally help to accelerate cures for diseases! NCBI’s wide range of applications, platforms (node, python, Django, C++, you name it) and environments (big data [petabytes], machine learning, multiple clouds) serve more users than almost any other US Government Agency according to https://analytics.usa.gov/.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Job Responsibilities

• Build and maintain robust, performant, user-facing web applications in Python/Django supporting millions of daily users
• Develop, create, and ship new functionality for user interaction and scientific data backend, using modern APIs and frameworks
• Build highly efficient backend components using Python, and integrate front end components into the applications
• Develop and maintain test suites, monitor applications for performance, security and accessibility compliance
• Work as an integral part of an agile product team to deliver an unbelievably great user experience
• Deliver responsive, accessible, mobile-friendly code of high quality (automated test/build/deploy)
• Lead and contribute to code development standards, code reviews, and team process improvements
• Mentor, coach, and train junior developers

Required skills and experience

• BS in Computer Science or scientific field (engineering, physics), or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of Full stack Web applications development, 3+ years using python and Django
• Proficient with one of the current languages: Python, Kotlin, Java, etc.
• Experience with relational database modeling and data migration
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance
• Experience with version control systems like Git or SVN
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and team player

Desired skills and experience

• Experience developing Django web applications and services
• Working experience with JavaScript Frameworks such as Angular and ReactJS
• Experience using web services and RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with search engines and backends (Lucene, Solr)
• Semantic markup and modern web layout techniques
• Automated regression testing with Selenium
• Proficient understanding of Git version control system
• Experience with agile development processes
• Experience in a technical lead role
• Excellent teamwork, communication and collaboration skills