Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Software Engineer
Knoxville, TN | $121K - $183K
Qualifications
- You are not required to be a full stack developer for these positions
- M.S. in computer science or a closely related field or B.S. and a minimum of two years’ relevant experience
- Demonstrable knowledge in Python programming and proficiency other programming languages
- Demonstrated experience in web development front-end, back-end, or full-stack
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc
- Ability to work in a very dynamic team environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- This position requires access to technology that is subject to export control requirements
- Successful candidates must be qualified for such access without an export control license, which requires the candidates to be US Citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card Holders)
Responsibilities
- We need your help to improve our existing digital platform by developing new modules (database, workflow, front-end, back-end) to support multiple data science activities focused on scientific discovery in the areas of materials and advanced manufacturing
- Our main objective is to impact the US manufacturing sector by providing access to pedigree datasets governed by FAIR principles and to build a user group of collaborators from industry, universities, and other government agencies
- The digital platform you will be working on is core to this endeavor
- At the MDF, you will join a team of highly talented scientists and engineers to work on tasks involving – just to name a few – web development, data management, data curation and processing, microservices and APIs
- Your level of engagement in those activities will be a function of your skillsets and interests
- Develop the web portal functionalities to access the database, allowing to add, retrieve, and search the data
- Maintain and improve the database architecture and data workflow to capture streaming data from multiple heterogeneous data modalities
- Develop data management strategies within our Django-based platform
- Develop secure APIs to allow communication between the database and the various software tools and scripts developed by the data analytics team
- Implement web-based user interfaces and data visualization functionalities to allow interactive visualization of complex multidimensional datasets
- Write maintainable code with documentation
- Collaborate on branching activities such as HPC development, cloud computing, data processing algorithm development
- Support R&D staff members on their projects
- General support of research and development needs within the MDF
- Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service
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