SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Req #: | 165223 |
Department: | INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS AND EVALUATION |
Job Location: | Other Location |
Posting Date: | 05/02/2019 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with experience and education |
Shift: | First Shift |
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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research center at the University of Washington. Its mission is to monitor global health conditions and health systems, as well as to evaluate interventions, initiatives, and reforms. IHME carries out a range of projects within different research areas, including the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD); Future Health Scenarios (FHS); Costs and Cost Effectiveness; Local Burden of Disease; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations. The aim is to provide policymakers, donors, and researchers with the highest-quality quantitative evidence base to make decisions that achieve better health.
IHME has two outstanding positions open for a Software Engineer on our Disease Modeling and Central Computation engineering teams. Software Engineers build and improve the efficiency, operability, and performance of complex analytic code as the enterprise continues to grow in both size and scale. This position requires a strong background in writing scientific software and an ability to translate researchers’ needs into a concrete software development plan. The individual will design and implement solutions that improve performance and can easily be utilized by other staff with less coding experience. The position ensures the software developed is appropriately flexible, scalable, and efficient. The position calls for dexterity working with multiple coding languages (e.g., Python, R, C++, SQL).
A successful candidate will be passionate about big data technology, experienced in the full software development lifecycle, and committed to being a key contributor to an autonomous and agile development team in pursuit of solving interesting problems to turn raw data into global impact. Overall, Software Engineers are critical members of an agile, dynamic team. This position is contingent on project funding availability. Please note: These positions are open to US Citizens and permanent residents; H1B visa sponsorship is not available.
Engineering teams for which Software Engineer positions are currently available include:
Disease Modeling in Age and Time: The group is creating production software for a statistical model of the disease status of every person, of every age, in every country. This software collaborates with multiple data sources, an extensive visualization interface, and a grid-engine cluster. The team interacts a lot with modelers who shape the software. The challenge is to make a statistical tool that is both modifiable and trustworthy.
Central Computation for Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors enterprise (GBD): A core research team for the GBD is Central Computation. The Central Computation team manages all disease and risk statistical modeling software, computes final GBD results, and supports GBD research teams through a suite of data management and analysis tools. The team seeks engineers interested in solving complex research problems through design and implementation of scalable software, with an emphasis on robust testing.
Responsibilities:
Software development
Planning
General
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here.
REQUIREMENTS:
Additional Requirements:
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
DESIRED
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Evening and weekend work may be required.
Application Process:
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