Position

Summary:

The
MBLWHOI Library at the Marine Biological Laboratory seeks applications for
highly motivated informatics specialists to join a growing team of developers
and informaticians focusing on biology and biodiversity. The successful
candidate will join a community of researchers that are internationally
recognized as defining the current trends and practices in marine information
sciences and biological informatics.  

Additional Information:

Duties: The successful candidate will report to the Director of the MBLWHOI
Library. The library was recently funded to create public resource database
of images, videos, and animations of cells from a variety of organisms,
including both cell architecture and intracellular functionalities from the
NIH in collaboration with American Society for Cell Biology.

- Develop accessible and highly usable web applications for the ingestion,
annotation, curation and use of cell images, video and other multimedia
objects

- Develop solutions for loading, manipulating and searching large amounts of
varied data (images, audio, text)

- Develop solutions for presenting a variety of multimedia objects in a useful,
innovative, attractive way

- Work within an agile environment where core practices include test-driven
development, continuous integration, small release cycles, and collective
code ownership

- Interact with other MBL informatics groups and collaborators including the
Biology of Aging team, the Biodiversity Heritage Library literature
informatics team, and the Encyclopedia of Life initiative that is, in part,
being led by the Marine Biological Laboratory

Conditions:
The position is full-time, and available starting November 1, 2009. The
incumbent will be evaluated annually and re-appointed contingent upon
satisfactory performance, project needs, and available funds. Funding is
currently committed for 2 years from the National Institute of General Medical
Sciences.  

Basic

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's in CS or relevant field

- Extensive experience creating web applications

- Enthusiasm and ability to solve difficult, algorithmically novel problems
creatively

- High level of experience with open source database management systems (such
as MySQL or Postgres)

- Experience with web usability

- Ability to work independently and manage a large project  

Preferred Qualifications:

-Training or experience in biological science (e.g., molecular biology,
biochemistry, biophysics) is a plus

- Knowledge of Ruby/Rails web development

- Knowledge/experience in using semantic web technologies and ontologies

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