Computer Scientist

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering promotes research and education for sustainable development, for improved health and quality of life. Our research ranges from natural science and bioscience, applied chemistry and biotechnology to chemical engineering. Our educational programs are characterized by technological solutions for improving people’s everyday life, and are continuously developed for meeting and promoting societal and industrial development.
 
We have approximately 400 employees, divided into five research divisions and one administrative unit. We are situated at campus Johanneberg.

Our department is characterized by stimulation of world leading research, in an environment where people develop and create new knowledge.

Information about the divison
This position will assist a systems biology and bioinformatics team in developing infrastructure for modeling and simulation of biological systems. We aim to implement a web interface to an array of tools for analysis and integration of genomic and systems biology data, develop a scalable data management system and a set of novel data visualization solutions. This infrastructure platform will be a part of a general bioinformatics and systems biology infrastructure in Sweden. It will be hosted at Chalmers University of Technology, by the Systems and Synthetic Biology group, which is a part of the Life Science Area of Advance (http://www.chalmers.se/en/areas-of-advance/lifescience). We are a strong international team of molecular, computational and systems biologists and bioinformaticians focused on research of metabolism of simple and complex systems. For more information about the group, please check http://sysbio.se/.

Job description
The successful candidate will assist in engineering a highly available, future-forward and scalable data management system; develop new and automate existing software pipelines for genomic data analysis; develop new methods of visualization of genomic and systems biology data; help end users in data mining tasks; provide high quality documentation; collaborate with team members to identify and resolve data integration, distribution, and visualization issues; attend workshops and training courses.

Qualifications
• At minimum, completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related experience and/or 1 year training;
• Work in Linux/Unix environment;
• Working knowledge of the LAMP technologies and experience in developing web applications;
• Familiarity with data exchange formats: JSON, XML, SBML;
• Scripting languages: Python / Perl;
• Working with relational and non-SQL databases (Mongodb);
• Experience in using MATLAB, R and Cytoscape is preferred, but not essential, as training can be provided;
• Working knowledge of molecular biology, although not specifically required, would be beneficial;
• Strong communication skills in English and Swedish;

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure 
The application should be marked with Ref 20140338 and be attached via Chalmers webpage.

Application deadline: November 15, 2014

For questions, please contact:
Agata Smialowska, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, [email protected], +46 31-772 3138
Shaq Hosseini, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, [email protected],  +46 31-772 3138

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Chalmers University of Technology conducts research and education in engineering sciences, architecture, technology-related mathematical sciences, natural and nautical sciences, working in close collaboration with industry and society. The strategy for scientific excellence focuses on our eight Areas of Advance; Built Environment, Energy, Information & Communication Technology, Life Science, Materials Science, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Production and Transport. The aim is to make an active contribution to a sustainable future using the basic sciences as a foundation and innovation and entrepreneurship as the central driving forces. Chalmers has around 11,000 students and 3,000 employees. New knowledge and improved technology have characterised Chalmers since its foundation in 1829, completely in accordance with the will of William Chalmers and his motto: Avancez!