Computational Biologist

About the job

Whirldata Inc. is an AI/Data Sciences/App Dev company established in 2017 to provide management and technology consulting services to small and medium enterprises across the globe. We are headquartered in California and our team works out of Chennai. The specific focus is on

1. Helping clients identify areas where Data Sciences and AI-based approaches can increase revenues, decrease costs or enhance customer engagement experience
2. Help clients translate business needs into process flows for exploratory and cutting-edge applications
3. Provide appropriate and targeted solutions that can achieve the planned objective

Whirldatas management team consists of individuals with a combined 45+ years of management and technology consulting experience, spanning multiple verticals such as finance, energy, retail, manufacturing and supply chain/logistics. Please look up our website and go through the blogs/videos/articles to find out more about us.

Working Philosophy

Whirldata works on the principle that, larger business goals come first and any technology-intensive solutions need to support necessary business goals. Hence all engagements start as a management consulting exercise and solution building follows after a thorough understanding of business needs.At Whirldata, we put our minds together, mix technology, art & math to deliver a viable, scalable and affordable business solution. We are passionate about what we do because we know that our work has the power to improve businesses. You can join our team working at the forefront of new technology, solving the challenges that impact both the front-end and back-end architectures, and ultimately, delivering amazing global user experiences.

Who we are looking for:

Full Stack Engineer (Position based in Chennai)

The following criteria are mandatory requirements and we strongly encourage that you apply only if you meet all these criteria:

1. Minimum 3 years of work experience

2. Proven capability to understand clients business needs

3. At least one demonstrable stint of architecting a database from scratch

4. Multiple programming language capabilities a must. In-depth knowledge of at least one programming language

5. Willingness to wear multiple hats depending on our business needs will be a priority

6. At least 2 years of hands-on experience in front-end development

7. Knowledge of current tools, platforms and languages an absolute must

8. Hands-on experience in cloud technologies and project management capabilities will be considered favourably

What do you get in return

• AI, Data Sciences and App dev require individuals who are both business and tech-savvy. We will turn you into one and make you a rockstar!
• You will get to work in an environment where your effort helps the customer and you will get to see it
• We will provide on-the-job training that will make you a doer and not a talker on data sciences, AI and app dev
• Opportunities to shine and pave your own way forward. We are good at identifying your talents and providing a platform where you will get immense satisfaction from demonstrating the same.
• Of course - we will pay you well too!

If you are interested - please apply with a small note with your thoughts on why you find this opportunity exciting and why you are willing to consider a move.

What are we?

Llama is a purpose driven startup.

We help people build the inner skills that are critical to have for wellbeing and high performance today!

A unique mindfulness-based behaviour change platform for mental health through workplace wellbeing.

We are building a hybrid learning platform to cater to a broad spectrum of well-being needs by introducing contemplative wisdom practices into the workplace.

All Llamas have some terrific abilities! You will have…

• 1 - 2+ years of experience in full stack development.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Comfortable in working with WordPress, React/Vue, Python, and PHP.
• Worked with multiple of the UI libraries.
• Understanding of version control systems.
• Comfortable in switching different technologies both in front end and back end.
• Good understanding with different types of databases.
• Knows the best practices of the technology, worked on.
• Experienced in using Figma, canva or similar designing tools

All Llamas also have some terrific response-abilities!

For starters you will…

• Develop the current wordpress website.
• Develop the current product ecosystem.
• Co develop AI tools and different integrations for multiple platforms.
• Explore possible technologies to integrate in Llama’s Tech ecosystem.
• Contributes to the open source projects that we use in any form.
• Document the project as you build.
• Utilize Project management tools
• Create training resources for future team members

• Experience : 3-6 years
  Experience in developing full-stack applications at scale
• Should have experience in any of the front-end frameworks like React, Angular, BackboneJS, Ext, etc, and HTML/CSS/Bootstrap.
• Experience in backend technologies like NodeJS, Python, GOLANG, REST web services and Java(OOPS, Collections, DB Access) or any other technology.
•  Hands on experience in JavaScript Concepts (OO-JS, Closures, Unit Testing, Module Patterns etc)
• Good to have skills like REST, Bootstrap, UI Components, CI/CD, NoSQL based DB is added advantage.
• Experience with advanced CSS programming using LESS or SASS is a plus.
• Expertise in of server side technologies and SQL/NoSQL is a plus.
• Experience of JavaScript testing frameworks like Karma, Mocha, Jest etc.
• It involves design the software system, Select algorithms, theories or technologies that will be used for BUSINESS Applications
• Contribute to software development design discussions for new features and new product development
• Strong Problem solving skills and ability to troubleshoot applications & environment issues
• Adaptability, ability to learn faster, Independent, responsible and diligent.
• Good team spirit and interpersonal skills, Excellent Written, Verbal, communication skills, Analytical skills & Business Thinking.

Ideally, you know how to write unit tests and maybe even better write them in TDD. You have knowledge in agile methodologies such as Scrum. You know about GIT and the use of continuous integration tools. You have developed single page JS applications end to end.

Candidate should have a bachelor or Master technical degree or equivalent experience. Strong knowledge in software engineering. Proactive Self Starter, creative thinker in designing, developing and supporting applications. Work as part of cross functional, passionate agile project teams to ensure quality is driven into the heart of the development process.

Basic Requirements:

Firm grasp of Git-based source control
Competent with PHP object-oriented programming & MVC applications
Competent with MySQL-based database concepts
Familiarity with automated deployment strategies Excellent in JavaScript.

Good understanding of jQuery, Bootstrap.

Good understanding of SVN.

Responsibilities

Understand technical requirements
Develop full fledged web applications
End to end software development
Should write test cases & perform extensive self testing
Lead & Mentor team

Technologies

- PHP

- opencart&quot

- MySQL
- MVC
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript / jQuery
- AJAX

Profile Requirements:

• Experience as full stack / back end developer with expertise in Python/Node JS/Java/PHP.
• Understanding of data analytics, web analytics, and key performance indicators.
• Strong unit test and debugging skills.
• Good in Data Structure and algorithms
• Expertise in AWS/ GCP/ Azure or any cloud provider
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Github / Gitlab.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Knowledge of Javascript/ Jquery/ HTML/ CSS/ AngularJS/ ReactJS
• Should have worked on Django/ Flask/ Spring/ Hibernate/ CodeIgniter
• Proficiency in Python or PHP software development on Linux platforms, or on Windows
• Should be able to work with minimal supervision

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code.Implement security and data protection.
• Design and implementation of data storage solutions such as databases.
• Explore design implications and work towards appropriate balance between functionality and performance
• Work with a cross-discipline team of User Experience, Visual Design, Project Management, Development and testing.
• Writing White Papers and documenting the findings, learnings and challenges during the projects.
• Lead a team, resolves issues and effectively manage employee discipline. Play a key role in recruitment and campus drives.

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelors/ Masters in Computer Science or Electronics.
• Hands on experience in either MEAN stack or Python-Django-Flask