We are RITS, 🚀 one of the most dynamically developing Polish companies providing IT staffing. We belong to Relyonart Fund, 💼 a group of 90 companies, among which there are several technology companies. Our business is outsourcing qualified IT Professionals in flexible business models: staff augmentation, team leasing, and managed services. 🌐

Our customers are over 100 companies from all over the world: USA, UK, EU, and ASIA. 🌍

We are currently looking for a Senior Python Backend Developer to join our team!

Location: Remote (within Poland)

Sector: Pharmacy 💊

Rate: 150-170 PLN/h + VAT 💰

Project: Visualization and Interactive Data Analysis (VIDA) Group

We are a group at gRED Data Science and Statistical Computation with a focus on developing methods and systems to support interactive analysis of genomic data. We have two overarching goals in the group: (a) enable Genentech science and discovery by building effective and efficient data analysis software systems; and (b) develop new cutting-edge visualizations for genomic data analysis that we disseminate as open-source software and publications in the scientific literature. We are looking for a Backend engineer to join our group to help with projects in the interactive analysis of large-scale cellular and tissue profiling initiatives using sequencing and imaging technologies. 🧬🔬

Responsibilities:

• Collaboratively and pragmatically solve scientific software engineering challenges encountered at the forefront of spatial transcriptomics interactive data analysis and visualization.
• Developing highly performant systems capable of querying and analyzing data from distributed sources to feed data visualization interfaces.
• Work with computational scientists and other software engineers to understand and conceptualize the complex, emerging needs of our scientists, whether they are working at the keyboard or the bench.
• Collaborate with local and offshore engineering teams to support your software development efforts.
• Contribute to the broader scientific community through open-source software development.

Requirements:

• BS or higher in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or related fields.
• Expertise (5+ years of experience) in Python, designing and developing high-performance systems & package development.
• 3+ years of experience in either Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, matplotlib.
• Demonstrated adherence to best practices in software engineering, particularly usability, version control, testing, and appropriate use of abstraction.
• English B2/C1 level.
• Very good SQL skills.

Optional:

• Biological domain knowledge, specifically in single-cell genomics, spatial and imaging technologies, and basic data analysis skills are desirable but not required.
• Experience using cloud infrastructure (AWS in particular) to establish APIs and data services or databases is a plus. 🛠️📊