Full Stack Developer

• Design and build applications/systems based on wireframes and product requirements documents
• Work on back-end & front-end development of core scripts using NodeJS/ MongoDB/React.js/Angular/Express /Redux.
• Unit test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability and general reliability
• Write reusable, easy to maintain, versioned code using DRY principles
• Integrate existing tools and business systems (in-house tools)
• Good exposure in creating dynamic web pages
• Familiarity with Server-Oriented Architecture and RESTful Web Services
• Mentor junior team members on system architecture, coding styles and inculcate an attitude of continuous improvement in the team members

Lantern Pharma is looking for talented and highly motivated R Shiny based front end web application developers to visualize the data analyzed / reports generated using bioinformatics pipelines. Leveraging your background and applying software engineering principles, to develop applications and tools in support of data visualization and reporting using R / R Shiny. You will be involved in generating complex graphs used for statistical analysis and interpretation using interactive libraries such as Plotly. In addition to development of new code, you will support and maintain standard R programs, which will comprise a library of code to be used for future development. This is a 6 months contract position (40 hrs / week) with possibilities of full time employment based on performance.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and develop interactive web applications using R / R Shiny to visualize ML outputs, multi-omics data and reports generated by bioinformatics pipelines
• Use the open-source or proprietary R libraries to build useful applications and packages
• Write efficient, clean and well tested code that adheres to best practices
• Organize data, analysis, reports, and applications into reproducible pipelines
• Test and debug applications to ensure they are working correctly, using both manual and automated testing techniques
• Stay up-to-date with the latest R packages and developments in the pharma industry
• Publish R packages to internal company repository
• Deploy and maintain the R Shiny web-application on the AWS server

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree required (Master’s degree preferred) in a scientific discipline such as Statistics, Computer Science, Bioinformatics etc.
• Minimum 2 years of R / R Shiny, R Markdown experience with standard packages for data visualization and analysis
• Proven ability of building interactive R-shiny application (demo of the R-shiny application)
• Proficient in libraries such as ggplot2, plotly, dplyr, Highcharter and DT
• Must have experience in generating and working with R markdown reports
• Experience of AWS to host R shiny application is a plus
• Knowledge of cancer biology, genomics and drug development is a plus
• Familiarity with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python a plus
• Experience in building a database using Relational / Non relational Database (SQL / NoSQL)
• Must be capable of developing collaborative relationships with colleagues
• Must be self-motivated and have strong analytical, interpersonal, and project management skills
• Must demonstrate the ability to present ideas, issues, and observations in a clear manner

Lantern provides multiple growth opportunities and as an early team member, your work will have a direct impact on precision oncology that can transform drug development. In addition to attractive compensation, we offer employees the opportunity for competitive health, dental & vision insurance, stock options in a public company, an opportunity to take leadership on new and meaningful projects, & involvement with leading conferences & industry trade shows.

• Own the development/improvement of products and features.
• Own the responsibility for creating a great user experience on the products and features you work on.
• Build features end-to-end: both the user interfaces and the backend APIs.
• Set technical standards and lead the team in building a world-class scalable software development process.
• Lead large-scale design updates and rollouts.
• Partner with infrastructure engineers to scale the product.
• Investigate state-of-the-art frameworks and tooling to build our next-generation architecture.
• Guide and mentor junior team members 

• 8+ years of relevant front-end development experience, previous start up experience is highly desirable.
• Experience building, running, and debugging single-page apps in a modern JavaScript framework.
• Demonstrated knowledge of React, Redux and CSSAbility to work independently as well as cross-functionally with other engineering teams and product.
• Tech Lead / Management experience.

• Experience with full-stack development.
• Experience with building APIs using spring boot.
• Experience with front-end test frameworks (Jasmine/Mocha/Jest)
• Exposure to mobile platforms

• Conducting analysis of website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Make changes in the existing code base of talent marketplace and implement new features.
• Collaborate with stakeholders that are involved in product design (marketing specialist and product manager).
• Report the progress to other stakeholders.
• Do bug fixes and push the source codes to the live server.
• Be responsive to change requests and feature requests
• Create Unit and Integration tests to ensure the quality of code

Requirements:

• Experience in Node js , MongoDB and Angular.
• Experience in JavaScript development.
• Understanding in MEAN or MERN Stack.
• Experience in the use of project planning tools (JIRA, Version One, GitHub, etc.)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English).
• Understanding of various technologies including applications and databases.
• Able to handle multiple projects and competing deadlines
• Good understanding of overall web design including basic usability, accessibility, industry standards, architecture, and navigation
• Able to handle multiple projects and competing deadlines
• Fluent knowledge of latest HTML/CSS standards and best practices
• Experience building Responsive websites for web, tablet and mobile devices

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

● Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
● Contribute to building an agile environment
● Test your code
● Engaged in all aspects of product development and will be working closely with product management, operations, client-engineering and customer success teams
● Working with an exceptional team to help scale a fast-paced business.
● Ability to work independently on challenging compound problems as well as collaborating with other team members to solve major goals
● Present complex ideas and approaches in simple communicable terms across engineering and management levels
● Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems


Required Qualifications 

● Ruby on Rails (6+ years)
● PostgreSQL or MySQL
● JavaScript and AngularJS (or other client-side frameworks like Ember, Backbone, etc)
● Test-driven development with RSpec, Capybara, Jasmine
● Git, Continuous Integration, AWS, etc
● Bonus points for SaaS experience