Software Engineer - Backend Services

Company: The University Of Chicago
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 14, 2024

Job Description:

Software Engineer - Backend Services
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Locations: Chicago, IL
Time Type: Full time
Posted On: Posted 3 Days Ago
Job Requisition ID: JR27791
Department
Provost Globus Labs - Materials
About the Department
Globus (www.globus.org) is a sustainable, non-profit business within The University of Chicago delivering solutions to the research community worldwide. Globus develops and provides critical services that support scientific research for governmental, academic, and commercial organizations in a wide range of disciplines including life sciences, physics, and astronomy.
Job Summary
As a member of the Globus Labs software development team, the focus of this position will be to prototype, develop, and deploy new software services to help scientists and researchers publish, share, and make accessible their data and AI models.
We're looking for highly skilled developers experienced in building and supporting Python backend services and systems that will be used by thousands of researchers in pursuit of open data initiatives supported by the NSF, NIST, DOE, and the Materials Genome Initiative.
Responsibilities

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• Contribute to the development of systems to enable publication of large datasets in materials science, chemistry, and other domains.
  
• Develop, manage, and deploy data infrastructure services to support various projects.
  
• Build and maintain relationships with program managers and other key personnel.
  
• Define key directions to keep UChicago at the forefront of AI/ML and national data infrastructure.
  
• Champion innovative solutions and drive initiatives that push the boundaries of AI/ML in scientific data publication and community building.
  
• Identify and pursue opportunities to create spin-off projects or products from our core research.
  
• Take ownership of key projects and see them through from concept to deployment.
  
• Collaborate with industry partners to identify real-world applications for our technologies.
  
• Propose and lead internal 'startup-like' projects to explore new directions in data infrastructure.
  
• Architecture and Design: Contribute to the definition and documentation of requirements, architecture and design of secure, scalable, asynchronous, data access services.
  
• Software Development: Develop, test, document, deploy and maintain high-quality software on a cloud-based platform.
  
• Research: Participate in and contribute to research efforts related to the software.
  
• Team Coordination and Professional Development: Maintain a working knowledge of relevant software technologies.
  
• Perform code testing on components and ensure that appropriate implementation standards are met.
  
• Investigate, analyze and resolve day-to-day technical problems using standard procedures.
  
• Perform other related work as needed.
  
  Minimum Qualifications
  Education: Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
  Work Experience: Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
  Preferred Qualifications
  Education:
  
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  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or another relevant computer related field.
    
  • Advanced degree in computer science or another relevant computer related field strongly preferred.
    
    Experience:
    
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    • 3+ years of relevant programming experience developing, implementing, debugging, and maintaining applications with Python.
      
    • Experience designing, developing, deploying, managing, and maintaining web services.
      
    • Experience with a distributed version control system (e.g., Git).
      
    • Experience with Unix/Linux.
      
    • Experience with Amazon Web Services.
      
    • Experience in cloud computing and cloud design patterns (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
      
    • Experience in high performance computing (HPC).
      
    • Experience contributing to an open source project.
      
      Technical Skills or Knowledge:
      
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      • Python programming.
        
      • Python frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, FastAPI).
        
      • SQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite).
        
      • Container deployment and management (e.g. Docker, Singularity, Kubernetes).
        
      • Web technologies (e.g. REST, HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, PHP).
        
      • High performance computing (HPC).
        
      • HTTP servers (e.g. Apache, NGINX).
        
      • Unit and integration testing tools (e.g. pytest, Jenkins).
        
      • Web security technologies (e.g. SSL/TLS, OAuth2, OpenID Connect and PKI).
        
      • Shell scripting (e.g., Bash).
        
      • Agile (e.g. Scrum) development processes.
        
        Preferred Competencies
        
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        • Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
          
        • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
          
        • Strong problem solving skills.
          
        • Ability to prioritize and manage workload to meet critical project milestones and deadlines.
          
        • Confidentiality related to sensitive University matters.
          
        • Ability to work on a flexible schedule, which will include occasional late night and/or weekend hours.
          
          Working Conditions
          
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          • This job requires occasional evening or weekend hours.
            
          • Position available for hybrid work with in-person meetings attendance required.
            
            Application Documents
            
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            • Resume (Required)
              
              When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.
              Job Family
              Information Technology
              Role Impact
              Individual Contributor
              FLSA Status
              Exempt
              Pay Frequency
              Monthly
              Scheduled Weekly Hours
              37.5
              Benefits Eligible
              Yes
              Drug Test Required
              No
              Health Screen Required
              No
              Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
              No
              Posting Statement
              The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law.
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