Location: Columbus,OH, USA
CAS uses intuitive technology, unparalleled scientific content and unmatched human expertise to help companies create groundbreaking innovations that benefit the world. As the scientific information solutions division of the American Chemical Society, CAS manages the largest curated reservoir of scientific knowledge, and for 115 years, has helped innovators mine, assess and apply that information to keep businesses thriving. The CAS team is global, diverse, endlessly curious and strives to make scientific insights accessible to innovators worldwide.
CAS is currently seeking a Software Engineer- Cheminformatics for our Technology Team. This position will be located in our headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.
Job Accountabilities:
* As a Cheminformatics Software Engineer, develop software applications, services, systems, and APIs, creating or enhancing CAS content, content-pipelines, tools, and workflow solutions in a complex content-curation ecosystem.
* Work within an Agile Delivery team creating reusable framework/components for content-processing pipelines that provide capabilities to search and display chemical information.
* Develop test-automation, deployment-automation and observability for software applications and systems across various operating domains, continuing to enhance the existing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery platform for Content Technology.
* Collaborate with teammates and product owners grooming backlogs of epics and stories for upcoming development sprints.
* Connect across the organization in our Communities of Practice to build influential working relationships, preparing your career for tomorrow.
* Stay abreast of the latest technology trends through individual and team training opportunities.
Qualifications:
* 4-year degree in computer science, engineering, or in a scientific discipline like chemistry or biology, or equivalent experience.
* Cheminformatics or Bioinformatics Development: 5 years of experience preferred.
* Java and JavaScript Development: intermediate or mid-level, full-stack experience creating enterprise applications is expected, creating APIs and tools with automated builds, automated deployments, shell-scripting, and operating domains using a Java and JavaScript-based technology stack (e.g. MEAN/MERN, Java, JavaScript, Scala, Git, Jenkins, AWS, OpenStack, Docker, Maven etc.).
* Knowledge of Python, C and C++ is a plus.
* Quality Engineering: mid-level experience and knowledge of Automated Testing, Test-driven Development, debugging, troubleshooting, and optimizing code/automation.
* Experience with development and integration tools is a plus, i.e., IntelliJ, Eclipse, Cloud9, Git/Gitlab, Code Commit, Code Pipeline, Maven, Jenkins, Unit Tests.
* Leadership: willingness to provide ownership for team deliverables and to adopt CAS Operating Principles related to trust, organizational growth, team building, and team performance.
* Pair Programming: candidates need to have experience or be willing to pair with others when it makes sense.
* Clear Communication and Healthy Dialogue: candidates must be comfortable and eager to discuss work items and issues in team settings.
* Passion for Development: preference for candidates that actively learn on the job and outside of work. We are a team of developers that constantly seek to improve our craft and we expect to work with the same.
* Cross Functional Skill Development: willing to learn new skills and roles to meet the needs of their team.
* Innovation mindset - individually, and as part of a team.
* Major Pluses:
* Degree in Chemistry or related discipline
* Development or research experience in support of or related to chemical information processing, especially with design and development of connection table algorithms
Technologies, Frameworks and Tools We Use to Build Solutions:
* Java
* JavaScript
* Angular JS
* MEAN
* MERN
* AWS
* Groovy
* Maven
* Git
* Docker
* OpenStack
* Jenkins
* CSS
* Python
* Perl
* Java Swing
* Hadoop
* Scala
* Apache Spark
* Apache Kafka
* Map-Reduce
* Solr, Lucene
* Redis
* JBoss/Wildfly
* Jetty
* Spring
* REST
* Node
* Gulp
* Eclipse
* IntelliJ
* SQL
* Linux
* Gerrit
* Junit
* Ruby
* Cucumber
* Protractor
* Mongo
* Swift
* Jira
* Selenium
CAS offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including a generous vacation plan, medical, dental, vision insurance plans, and employee savings and retirement plans. Candidates for this position must be authorized to work in the United States and not require work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future. EEO/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran