Junior Full Stack Developer

Interview Process: Phone screen then either onsite interview for local candidates or Teams Meeting for non-local candidates

SCOPE OF POSITION:
1. Embed within a cross-functional Agile team participating in sprint planning stand-ups backlog refinement and code reviews.
2. Design build and maintain user-facing features primarily on the front-end using JavaScript/TypeScript while also developing and supporting back-end APIs and services in Python.
3. Implement responsive maintainable and scalable front-end application functionality with a strong focus on usability performance and clean architecture.
4. Develop and maintain back-end APIs business logic and data access layers including GraphQL services and integrations with Postgres SQL databases.
5. Collaborate closely with designers product stakeholders scientists and engineers to translate workflows and requirements into robust software solutions.
6. Contribute across the full software development lifecycle including technical design implementation testing debugging deployment support and ongoing enhancements.
7. Write clean well-tested and maintainable code including unit and integration tests for both front-end and back-end systems.
8. Troubleshoot application issues across the stack identify root causes and implement effective solutions in a timely manner.
9. Participate in architecture and design discussions helping shape technical decisions improve development practices and ensure long-term maintainability.
10. Support continuous improvement of the team s engineering standards development workflows and delivery processes.
11. Regularly interact with scientists and engineers to understand domain-specific workflows; experience or interest in scientific or research environments is a strong plus.
12. As part of research-oriented development explore and evaluate new tools libraries and technical approaches that improve product capabilities and developer productivity.

Technical Skills 2 years (or commensurate experience):
1. Experience building modern web applications as a full stack developer
2. Strong front-end development experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
3. Experience implementing front-end features components and application logic in a modern web framework ()
4. Experience developing back-end services and APIs in Python
5. Experience working with GraphQL APIs and schema-driven development
6. Experience with relational databases especially Postgres SQL
7. Ability to design build and maintain end-to-end application functionality across UI API and database layers
8. Familiarity with software testing practices including unit and integration testing
9. Experience using version control and collaborating through pull requests/code reviews
10. Understanding of application performance maintainability and scalable software design principles
11. Comfortable debugging issues across front-end and back-end systems

Team Skills:
1. Confident collaborating with developers scientists UI/UX designers and product stakeholders
2. Able to communicate technical concepts clearly and work effectively across disciplines
3. Comfortable handling ambiguity refining requirements and contributing to solution design
4. Strong partnership mindset with a willingness to support shared ownership of product and technical outcomes
5. Proactive in identifying opportunities for process improvement codebase health and better team practices

Education and Experience:
Bachelor s degree in computer science information systems data engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience. May consider an Associates if the candidate has an additional 3-5 years experience than what is being required.
2 years of professional software development experience or equivalent hands-on experience building production applications
Experience or interest in scientific software materials science research environments or technically complex domains is a plus

Soft Skills:
1. Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
2. Demonstrated initiative curiosity and willingness to learn new tools and technologies
3. High standards for code quality usability and maintainability
4. Ability to balance speed and quality in a collaborative development environment
5. Comfortable proposing ideas receiving feedback and iterating quickly as part of a team