Description

DSFederal Inc. is searching for a Web Developer (Python and Django) to support the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). This opportunity is full time and onsite at the NCBI in Bethesda, MD and/or remote work.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCBI offers an intellectually stimulating environment where the world's top scientists, skilled software developers, and others work together to solve challenging problems and literally help to accelerate cures for diseases! NCBI is the world’s premier biomedical center, hosting over six million daily users that seek providing over 6 million users each day with research, clinical, genetic, and other information that directly impacts biomedical research and public health. 

DSFederal Inc. attracts the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and more. If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional services and technology focused organization, we encourage you to apply!

Duties & Responsibilities

• Build and maintain robust, performant, user-facing web applications in Python/Django supporting millions of daily users

• Develop, create, and ship new functionality for user interaction and scientific data backend, using modern APIs and frameworks

• Build highly efficient backend components using Python, and integrate front end components into the applications

• Develop and maintain test suites, monitor applications for performance, security and accessibility compliance

• Work as an integral part of an agile product team to deliver an unbelievably great user experience

• Deliver responsive, accessible, mobile-friendly code of high quality (automated test/build/deploy)

• Lead and contribute to code development standards, code reviews, and team process improvements

• Mentor, coach, and train junior developers

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or scientific field (engineering, physics), or equivalent experience

• 5 years of Full stack Web applications development, 3 years using python and Django

• Excellent understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3

• Experience with relational database modeling and data migration 

• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance 

• Experience with version control systems like Git or SVN

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and team player

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing Django web applications and services

• Working experience with JavaScript Frameworks such as Angular and ReactJS

• Experience using web services and RESTful APIs

• Familiarity with search engines and backends (Lucene, Solr)

• Semantic markup and modern web layout techniques

• Automated regression testing with Selenium

• Proficient understanding of Git version control system 

• Experience with agile development processes

• Experience in a technical lead role

• Excellent teamwork, communication and collaboration skills