MEAN Stack Developer

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.

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Outstanding career growth & development opportunities

Competitive salary & work benefit package

Passionate, energetic & innovative work culture

Experience building high-performance, large-scale, distributed server applications.

Experience with any of the back-end programming languages such as JavaScript (NodeJS), Java, C#, Python, PHP, etc.

Commitment to developing clean code that is easy to maintain and enhance strong logical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills

Candidate must possess at least Diploma/Advanced/Higher/Graduate Diploma, Bachelor's Degree/Post-Graduate Diploma/Professional Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent.

Required language(s): English, Mandarin

Preferably Junior Executive specialized in IT/Computer - Software or equivalent.

Preferably candidate with at least 2-year experience in IT/Computer - Software or equivalent.

• Minimum 2 years of experience working as Software/Solution Architect
• In-depth knowledge of enterprise integration patterns
• Expertise to help developing advanced cloud-based solutions like AWS, Google or Microsoft. Ability
• to plan, design and scale AWS cloud based implementations using the best practises recommended
• by Amazon
• Experience in software development and coding in various platforms (like Java, Python, Node.js,
• Angular, Kotlin, React, Swift etc)
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience with enterprise service bus like Mule, Apache Camel is a plus
• Understanding of software quality assurance principles
• Outstanding communication and presentation abilities

• Leads development of solution architecture , preparation of technical plans, in liaison with business
• assurance and project staff
• Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibility
• Working proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency of design across
• projects within the programme
• Collaborate with other professionals to determine functional and non-functional requirements for
• new software or applications
• Ensures that technical strategies, policies, standards and practises are applied correctly working
• proactively to maintain
• Use tools and methodologies to create representations for functions and user interface of desired
• product
• Provides guidance on technical aspects of the solution development and integration
• Ensure software meets all requirements of quality, security, modifiability, extensibility etc.
• Ensures that appropriate tool and method are available, understood and employed in the
• architecture development

Skills:

• 8+ years of software development experience using traditional software development life cycle methodologies (covering requirements, design, development, testing and Implementation of n-tier architecture)
• Extensive experience with object-oriented software development methodologies and practices. Strong in following technologies
• OOAD/OOPS/UML, Design Patterns, MVC, Spring, Hibernate, Java, J2EE
• UI technologies AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3, java script library, Ajax and other UI frameworks
• Exposure to component model design, SOA, open sources framework/tools
• Web Services, JMS, XML, SQL& Oracle
• Must have exposed with Test Driven Development/Re-factoring ideas/ Domain driven design patterns/continuous integration/Build Automation / Data-Mapper framework/Mocks.

Good to Have: Microservices

Competencies:

• Experience in developing platforms or frameworks, components
• Excellent knowledge of the open source software/ tools/ technologies

• Strong working knowledge of Typescript, MongoDB, MySQL, Express

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model, ES6

• Hands-on experience in React JS

• Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3

• Strong understanding of NodeJS fundamentals

• Knowledge and experience working with PostgreSQL is a major plus

• Experience with ORM libraries

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs

• Knowledge of tools like Git, GitHub, JIRA, Cucumber, Jasmine, and others that make coding more efficient and easier to share
• Familiarity of working in either the AWS Cloud or Azure including Docker + Kubernetes based microservice deployment.

• Experience in software development, prototyping, functional analysis, integration, and testing.
• Experience with Javascript and RESTful technologies including building RESTful APIs
• In-depth understanding of the JavaScript programming languages especially Angular and node.js and the ability to peer review other engineer's code constructively
• Highly skilled at problem-solving, unit-testing, and debugging.
• Expert understanding of best practice engineering principles for building MEAN applications.
• In-depth knowledge of database systems and an understanding of data structures, data normalization, and query performance considerations. Particularly Non-Relational/NoSQL databases including MongoDB.
• Automated unit testing and CI experience
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts pictorially, orally or in writing.
• Docker experience desired
• Ability to learn business rules quickly by reading requirements, engaging in conversation, or reverse engineering.
• Expertise in source code control and versioning concepts.

Responsibilities

• Ability to translate Wireframes and Visual Designs into functional web apps using React, Node.js, and Mongo
• Creating RESTful services with Node.js
• Architect scalable web architectures
• Be responsive to change requests and feature requests Ability to wear many hats and learn new technologies quickly

Experience

• 1-2 years with Node.js and Express
• Ability to work both independently and in collaborative teams to communicate design and build ideas effectively
• Experience using asynchronous RESTful services (JSON)
• Experienced in creating RESTful web services and API
• Experience with JWT/OAuth
• Experience with MongoDB, MySql

Requirements

• Fluent knowledge of the latest HTML/CSS standards and best practices
• Working knowledge of JavaScript, React, Node.js and Express
• Understanding of HTTP methods and how server-side code is processed on the client
• Working knowledge of front end optimization and performance techniques
• Experience building responsive websites
• Able to handle multiple projects and competing deadlines
• Good understanding of overall web design including basic usability, accessibility, industry standards, architecture, and navigation