Biomedical Informatics Developer – Portland

Employer: Oregon Health & Science University

Position: Biomedical Informatics Developer

Summary
The Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) - located on the Oregon Health & Science University's South Waterfront campus in Portland, Oregon - is seeking experienced Rails and Javascript programmers. Qualified applicants will work full-time with the OCTRI Biomedical Informatics Program to
develop AJAX-enabled web-based applications supporting clinical and translational research.

Qualifications
Requires:
• Significant experience with Ruby, Rails, and object-oriented Javascript using Prototype
• A strong undergraduate computer science or mathematics background, and a proven ability to apply these concepts in diverse environments
• Exposure to algorithms, data structures, dynamic programming, functional programming, lazy evaluation, graph traversal, sorting, searching, database systems, asymptotic analysis, and computational theory
• Experience writing and generating SQL on several database platforms
• Ability to create and understand DML employing correlated subqueries, directional joins, and aggregate operations
• Strong enthusiasm for the technology, tools, and methodology: if you were financially independent, you'd still be writing software
• The ability to write software without the aid of an integrated development environment
Prefer:
• Commitment to an open development methodology; experience in the free software community preferred
• Experience in a GNU/Linux or Unix environment; experience using Apache and common open-source applications to host and administer web content
• Proven ability to communicate effectively, both in person and in writing
• Proven ability to reason spatially and inductively

Advantages to working at OCTRI:
• Full benefits package from Oregon Health & Science University
• Retirement plan is currently fully funded by the institution at 12% of gross salary
• Access to a diverse academic environment in one of the nation's leading teaching hospitals
• Use your programming talent to improve human health, the health care system, and disease
research.
• Opportunity for collaboration with researchers at leading universities and medical centers nationwide

OHSU is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution.

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