Programmer Analyst I University Of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Job Description

The USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute Center for Integrative Connectomics

(USC INI CIC) develops multimodal connectomes of the mammalian brain. Our multidisciplinary

group furthermore advances understanding of connectivity patterns under conditions of

underlying health and disease. We employ a unique computational approach to systematically

reveal the way brain structures organize, communicate, and influence behavior.

USC INI CIC wants you to help us with a new and historic collaboration, focused on

characterizing neuronal cell types based on their connectivity, shape and genetic profile. This

Programmer Analyst position will focus on web publication and visualization development. In

addition, you will help determine the format of the data, and elements of the processing

workflow.

An Agile team of faculty, staff programmers and laboratory technicians is currently in place, and

has previously built smaller scale, similarly functioning workflows. Our team employs frequent

collection of feedback, rapid prototyping and a high degree of test coverage. If you find an

engaging, multidisciplinary environment to be appealing, you will do well here.

Duties include but are not limited to:

* Following design specifications to code, test, debug, install, document, and maintain

software applications.

* Developing new and enhanced functionality for software applications.
* Interfacing with users to determine their software application objectives, scope and

requirements.

* Performing work of moderate complexity and handling most activities under general

supervision of more experienced programming staff.

Preferred skills:

* 1+ years full-stack web development experience including front-end, back-end.
* Experience with HTML5, CSS2/CSS3, SVG, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS is strongly

preferred.

* Experience with a Spring MVC framework is preferred.
* Experience with a Hibernate ORM and a knowledge of persistence with aRDBMS is

preferred.

* Experience writing and shipping code with a modern web application framework

(preferably: AngularJS, Vue, Angular).

* Experience with a RDBMS (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL).
* Experience with version control fundamentals (e.g. GIT, SVN).
* Experience with Agile methodology.
* Experience with Test-Driven Development and Continuous Integration.
* Experience with Docker is a plus.
* Strong understanding of fundamental web service technologies including XML, JSON,

SOA, and REST is highly preferred.

* Strong software integration experience.
* Good taste with respect to code quality.
* Passionate about performance, reliability and scalability.

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree, Combined work experience and education as equivalent

Minimum Experience: 0 - 6 months

Minimum Field of Expertise: General knowledge of programming and documentation procedures and programming methods and operator instructions. Knowledge of one or more appropriate computer languages.

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring ordinance. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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