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Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

Software Engineer

CompanyParker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Websiteparkerici.org
Roles
  • Software Engineer
  • Data Scientist
Typefull-time
Role taxonomySoftware EngineeringData / Analytics
SpecialtiesSoftware Engineering, Data Science
LocationSan Francisco, CA
Salary
Apply viaEmailccary@parkerici.org
Hiring notes
TechML/AI
Parsed locationsSan Francisco, CA
Posted bycioc
PostedNov 1, 2016
SourceView on Hacker News ↗

Original posting

Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy | San Francisco, CA | Software Engineer & Data Scientist | full time, ONSITE Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (http://www.parkerici.org/) is a new organization formed to accelerate the cancer research effort. We are focused on immunotherapy - leveraging the patient's own immune system to fight disease. We are building software engineering and data science teams. Software engineers will focus on data storage and retrieval, compute frameworks, and bioinformatics algorithm implementation. To apply, email us with a description of your best programming project. Data scientists will focus on: 1) building pipelines to process a wide range of biological data types and 2) leveraging bleeding edge machine learning and visualization algorithms to identify promising research directions, in very close collaboration with Parker Institute scientists. Working knowledge of basic biology and strong communication abilities are key. To apply, tell us about a time you had to work with a large messy biological data set. Get in touch: ccary@parkerici.org