Research Associate: IT Software Developer (Powell)

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Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

The UNC Biocuration and Coordination Core ( BCC) is seeking a Research Associate / Software Developer to implement and maintain software supporting the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen; https://clinicalgenome.org). Working under the direction of Dr. Bradford Powell, this position includes hybrid roles as project owner and fullstack developer of Laravel-based applications that monitor and report on activities of biocurators and genetics experts. The research associate in this position will work with the BCC director, Dr. Courtney Thaxton and others in the ClinGen resource to identify and implement improvements to optimize transparency and accuracy of system processes. This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.

Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.

Strong software development skills with relevant software tools (Laravel, PHP, javascript) and in techniques for modern software engineering are required. Qualified candidates must also demonstrate effective verbal and written communication, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail and hold high professional standards for their own work and that of others. Candidates must have ability to work in a team environment and have experience in working with domain experts to gather specifications for software development and then to implement those specifications.

The ideal candidate would have specific expertise in the software stack being currently used in our existing systems: Laravel to interact with MySQL backend database and Vue/javascript for frontend display. Prior develops experience with Kubernetes and/or Openshift is helpful. Candidates with prior experience in management of small development groups or who possess the interpersonal skills to supervise junior members of the team would be ideal. Although immediate planned activities deal with internal business processes or aggregate/deidentified data, experience with data security standards for protected health information and other private data (e.g., HIPAA, FISMA) will also be taken into consideration.

Qualified candidates will demonstrate effective verbal and written communication, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and hold high professional standards for their own work and that of others. The ideal candidate will also be well-versed in genetics and genomic medicine. Candidates must have previous experience in management of small development groups or possess the interpersonal skills to supervise other junior members of the team.

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.