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Vitagene
Original posting
Vitagene • Denver, Las Vegas • Full Time • ONSITE
Vitagene is a healthcare tech startup that focuses on disrupting the $30B supplement market. We leverage big data from genetics, lab results , lifestyle, and wearable devices to personalize and deliver a solution to your doorstep.
Functions
• Technical lead for a team of software engineers & research scientists
• Ownership of the application design process, including needs and requirements analysis for new systems
• Make strong architecture decisions that contribute to maintainable systems
• Adapt to rapidly evolving requirements and changing priorities and drive the team accordingly
• Actively contribute to the code base; up to 50% of this position involves coding
• Integrate support for algorithmic recommendations
Qualifications
• 6+ years of PHP, Python, Perl, or other Web development languages – PHP preferred
• SQL or NoSQL technologies (MySQL, Mongo, ElasticSearch, CouchDB, Cassandra, Hadoop, etc.) – Mongo preferred
• Knowledge of SOAP and RESTful interfaces & Extensive use of JSON or other data-interchange formats
• Expert in at least one compiled language (C, C++, Java)
• Excellent understanding of how internet and Web technologies work
• Linux operating systems
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
• Self-motivated, self directed, detail-oriented and organized
• Track record of building, large-scale web applications and service
• Experience in agile development & test driven development methodology
• Django + Python + MongoDB
• AWS + Linux
• HIPAA knowledge or comparable security & privacy experience