Full stack - Python Backend Intern

• Architect and Develop: Design, implement, and maintain high-performance backend services using Java/Golang and intuitive frontend interfaces using React.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers, promoting best practices and fostering a collaborative environment.
• Code Quality: Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following industry best practices and coding standards.
• Collaboration: Work with backend developers, frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver robust solutions.
• Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks and scalability issues.
• Debugging and Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex issues in both backend and frontend components.
• Testing: Implement comprehensive testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests.
• Continuous Learning: Stay current with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in full stack development.

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.

Role & Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex, scalable web applications using Django and Python.
• Collaborate closely with the product and design teams to define feature specifications.
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle - requirements analysis, development, testing, and production release.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks in the system and work to mitigate them.
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Interface with clients to understand their business, goals, and visions for products.
• Assist in the preparation and execution of technical meetings with clients.
• Provide technical support to clients, help them understand our services, and resolve their issues timely.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 3+ years of experience in Django and Python development.
• Strong understanding of the Django framework and Python language.
• Good understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX).
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and Django Rest Framework.
• Experience in working with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills.
• Good understanding of software design patterns and principles.
• Must be fluent in English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable with working in a client-facing role and able to handle communications effectively.
• Ability to work independently in a remote setup, manage tasks and time effectively.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field.

Perks and Benefits 

• Salary: ₹ 7,00,000 per annum.
• Work-from-home opportunity, offering a flexible work schedule.
• Regular virtual team bonding activities.
• Continuous learning opportunities with access to online courses.
• Performance-based bonus structure.
• Opportunities for growth and career advancement in a fast-growing company.
• A team that values and prioritizes work-life balance.

If you meet the qualifications above and are interested in pursuing this role, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and join our dynamic team!

Full Time @ Anywhere in India

3+ years

• Architecting and implementing the solutions we build
• Working with the team, client and project manager to efficiently deliver projects
• Translating business needs to technical solutions and communicating with the client
• Ensuring that good programming practices are followed
• Supporting other engineers’ growth with your expertise and mentorship
• Taking part in internal initiatives such as performance reviews, technical recruitment, estimation of pre-sale projects

• Ideally 2 years of commercial experience using Node.js

• 3 years of experience using JavaScript (ES2015+)
• Comfortable with DRY & SOLID principles in your own code
• Experience in writing tests using Mocha/Chai/Jest
• Experience with Express.js
• Experience with version control systems, preferably Git
• Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux environment
• Understanding of non-relational/relational databases

• Experience with Angular 2+ and React JS
• Experience with AWS or GCP infrastructure
• Curiosity about new languages, libraries, frameworks
• Contributions to open-source projects

• Passionate about making an impact
• Self-driven & eager to learn new technologies
• Intellectually curious, interested to build complex systems
• Thrive in a highly independent, remote-first environment
• Keen to work with a globally diverse team

• Hybrid Work Option - Step out when you “want to” not when you “have to”
• Work from the comfort of your home or work at the office
• Support for setting up Home-office
• Flexible Work Hours -Work-life balance becomes a lot easier to maintain with the flexibility to plan your work hours 
• Flexible Leave policies
• Life needs a break - casual, parental, sick, or just random. To help you enjoy your leaves without guilt or excuses, we have a ‘no approval needed’ policy
• Health and Wellness - Constant encouragement to stay fit
• We encourage and support our team members to participate in memberships that promote team member health (physical, emotional, and psychological) and fitness
• Reimbursements for medical support
• Career ladder: the freedom to design your own path
• Well defined career ladders to grow, assess and explore your professional journey
• Learning opportunities
• In house learning platforms to partner with you in your growth story
• Wide range of courses and certifications

Salary: No bar for right candidate

React JS

Node JS

Graphql

Required background:

Ideal candidate is full stack with a focus on the backend

Can work with React.JS and is comfortable with CSS

Strong Node.JS with working experience in Graphql

Worked on scaling issues and real-time distributed systems

Has experience building microservices.

Has work experience with web sockets, WebRTC and RTMP / HLS.

5.5+ years of experience after college

Ideally has past experience with Java or GoLang.

Responsibilities 

• Adding more features to our existing website which can ease the campaign launching process for campaigners. 
• Incorporating various tools which can track the users behavior and other key metrics. 
• Build APIs which are scalable and can help strategically partnering with other companies or organizations. 
• Adopting and incorporating changes as per the new technologies. 
• Investigate production issues pertaining to customer features to determine root cause and implement solutions 
• Work with the real-time feedback from our users (external and internal) to make the products better. 
• Take ownership of the backend services, ensure the best possible performance.
• Strong problem-solving skills, organizational and communication skills, team player

Requirements 

• Preferably 1+ year of experience in full stack development. 
• Hands on experience in front-end languages preferably html5, CSS3, React Js. 
• Top-notch programming skills in JavaScript and a strong understanding of web fundamentals 
• Experience in backend languages preferably NodeJs
• Familiar with MySQL/SQL server 
• Familiar with JavaScript technologies 
• Familiar with cloud services like AWS, Git 
• Knowledge/experience in building Web APIs 
• Good understanding of the foundations of security and best practices ∙ Good Problem-solving skills. 

What you'll get: 

Work with technologies like React, ReactJS, NodeJs.

Gain knowledge on full application lifecycle 

Faster growth and opportunities