Statistical Programmer I

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation HIV/AIDS prevention immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the worlds leading cancer infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology infusion radiation proton therapy and related services and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the worlds deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration compassion determination excellence innovation integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity dignity and inherent value of each employee patient community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The JSB Lab is seeking a Statistical Programmer I to support the teams mission of developing robust computational tools that enable biological discoveries from large-scale omics data and software package maintenance needs across the entire programs faculty. This role maintains and enhances software infrastructure develops interactive web-based interfaces and contributes to scientific research through computational innovation.

• Maintain and update the existing codebases for published computational methods (R or Python packages) ensuring long-term compatibility and usability.
• Manage and update websites including content and backend maintenance.
• Develop web-based user interfaces for Python- and R-based computational tools.
• Download manage and preprocess large datasets.
• Optimize the existing parallel computing framework and implement GPU acceleration where applicable.
• Collaborate with team members to establish and implement standardized formats for documentation and tutorial materials.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree with at least one year of professional experience in Computer Science Electrical and Computer Engineering Data Science Informatics Mathematics Statistics Epidemiology Public Health or a related field OR Masters degree in these fields.
• At least one project experience (or full-time academic/professional experience) in Python or R
• Proficiency with basic Linux system operations
• Experience in processing large-scale datasets OR proven ability to rapidly learn new tools and concepts

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficiency in HTML and JavaScript with hands-on experience in at least one front-end framework (e.g. React) and one back-end framework (e.g. Flask)
• Experience with statistical modeling and machine learning techniques
• Commitment to clean coding practices and thorough user-friendly documentation

The hourly pay range for this position is from $36.13 to $54.17 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health well-being and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision dental flexible spending accounts life disability retirement family life support employee assistance program onsite health clinic income-based child care subsidy tuition reimbursement paid vacation (22 days per year) paid sick leave (up to 30 calendar days per occurrence of a qualifying reason) paid holidays (13 days per year) and paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks).