Senior Software Developer

Please send resume to jobs@parkertechnical.com

Location: Seattle, WA
Pay: DOE

Senior Software Developer focusing on Web Service development Direct Hire Role with interviews next week.

Responsibilities

Implementation APIs using Python.
QA to create test plans, unit and integration tests.

Qualifications

Expert knowledge of Python and knowledge of C++
Understanding of web technologies and protocols
Experience with SQL, MySQL or other database technologies.
Working knowledge of PHP.
BSCS required.

Python Developer/Informatics Research Associate

Davis, CA
No Relocation
No Recruiters
No telecommute
Posted 09/09/09

About the company

AgraQuest is a biopesticide company delivering innovative biological and low-chemical crop protection solutions. As part of the clean-tech revolution, the company is committed to providing effective alternatives to synthetic pesticides.

AgraQuest is well funded and privately held company backed by several well known venture capital groups and private equity firms, such as Texas Pacific Group. The company has also made significant collaborative deals with well known companies providing crop protection solutions such as BASF. AgraQuest currently reports sales of existing products in the tens of millions of dollars. Together with capital injection and revenue from sales, AgraQuest is now cash flow positive. The company is poised for an IPO in the near future.

General Description

AgraQuest is looking for a Python developer who has experience working with frameworks, preferably TurboGears. You will be responsible for continuing the development, deployment and maintenance of custom data management systems and their web interfaces. Using an open source relational database you will create, enhance, and maintain databases that will warehouse millions of dollars worth of agricultural field trial and various forms of laboratory data. You will interact with non-Informatics scientists to understand their needs in order to efficiently develop Informatics solutions. Excellent communication and great interpersonal skills would be highly desirable. An innate or acquired desire to promote safer healthier environment would also be a definite plus.

Essential duties and responsibilities

Create automatic loaders to import data from Excel and text files to the database
Develop tools to generate user-defined reports in Excel and Word by extracting data out of the relational database
Write scripts to properly maintain the database management system, e.g. nightly backups, regression testing, etc.
Interact with users to create web-based interface for efficient retrieval and display of data
Meticulously document functional and technical specs
Utilize open source tools whenever possible
Help maintain hardware used for data entry, data capture and database hosting
Must develop rapid prototype of necessary software tools for various scientific projects
Must be able to work independently and collaboratively with project leads and non-technical personnel

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or other closely related technical degree, preferably with minor or a few classes in biology

Required and desired qualifications

1+ years of industry experience developing data management software in Linux/UNIX environment
Fluent in Python, TurboGear, JavaScript, and CSS
Experience with authentication protocols such as LDAP and SSL
Proficient with advanced SQL queries to optimize searches
Experience in managing open source relational database, e.g. PostgreSQL or MySQL, such as installation, backing up and restoration of databases
Source code management system experiences in SVN
Experiences in the following would be a plus: VBA, CGI, Samba, PHP, Perl, Java, Ajax, Trac, Django, C, Oracle, CherryPy, Plone, PL/pgSQL, PL/SQL
Prefer some knowledge of statistics and of molecular biology
Desired to work in a fasted paced working environment and ability to adapt to changing requirements

To apply, please send a current version of your resume to jobs@agraquest.com and reference “Informatics Research Associate” in the subject line. AgraQuest requires successful completion of a pre-employment drug test. AgraQuest, Inc. is an EOE employer.

COMSYS: Python/Web Services Development Position

Bellevue, WA

All Qualified Candidates should send their resume to Jason Henson at jhenson@comsys.com

The Software Development Engineer will be part of a team developing with the latest technologies. This is a contract assignment and the candidate will be responsible for the design and implementation of server side and web based components.

Experience

Deliver high quality, cost efficient, market releases on schedule
Design and implement solutions to replace an existing products
Deliver a product that satisfies performance and scalability requirements
Ensure high-quality implementation through internal and external review

Responsibilities and Duties

Develop next generation software based on business specifications
Assist with estimates to build product releases
Write design and implementation documentation
Assist other team members by helping them to solve difficult problems
Lead Sprints in order to complete project backlog
Be self-directed and proactive; think beyond the immediate problem
Collaborate with Program Management and Product Designers to ensure understanding of business requirements

Required Qualifications

3+ years application development experience
2+ Year of Python development experience
2+ years in web based development
2+ year REST/SOAP/Web Service experience
Experience with Agile project management
Must be an extremely good communicator both verbally & written
Strong technical ability
High quality oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

HTML, Django experience
C/C++
XML/XSD experience
Experience implementing Web Services from the ground-up
eDiscovery product knowledge
Enterprise search product knowledge (Autonomy, Recommind, Vivisimo, dtSearch)

Qualification Rating

Programming Languages

Java: 3 (Moderately Strong) of 5 (Expert) and 2+ Yrs.

Programming Technologies

* XML: 3 (Moderately Strong) of 5 (Expert) and 2+ Yrs.

Web Programming

* HTML: 3 (Moderately Strong) of 5 (Expert) and 2+ Yrs. * .Net: 3 (Moderately Strong) of 5 (Expert) and 2+ Yrs.

Company Default Category

Prior Experience as Internal employee: No Prior experience as Temp / Contractor: No

Intellectual Ventures

TITLE: Software Engineer - Build

LOCATION: Bellevue, WA

Intellectual Ventures (IV) is a privately-held, invention investment company based in Bellevue, Washington. Intellectual Ventures is the leader in the business of invention. Driven by the belief that invention sparks progress, Intellectual Ventures is committed to creating and sustaining a market for invention and being the leading invention partner for the worlds most innovative companies and individuals. The company creates new inventions, invests in existing inventions and partners with individuals, universities and research labs worldwide to develop inventions. Intellectual Ventures provides companies access to these inventions through a variety of licensing and partnering programs.

Position Overview:

The Software Engineer will work among an elite technical team at the Intellectual Ventures Laboratory tasked with advanced scientific investigation and intellectual property creation.

This position will be responsible for the creation of our internal / external tools used for our development process and utilities used to support product installations for our clients. The position will work on the software development charted with the development and deployment of the Epidemiological Modeling Program (EMOD). This high profile program develops computational tools aimed at directing International Campaigns for the eradication of global diseases including malaria, polio, TB, HIV and others. This position will work on this development team providing tools, scripts, software, for source management, building of software releases, release distribution, software issue tracking, software installation, and other tools to support the development effort.

Responsibilities:

Write scripts to build software releases in a predictable, repeatable process
Develop scripts and software to provide build verification for each of the software builds
Develop installers for all the product releases to support various target operating systems
Ensure the quality of the build \ release process in replicating product releases
Provide automation to install internal releases into various target environments
Research, implement and develop software plug-ins to support software used for bug tracking
Design and build other tools and utilities to support the internal development team
Participate in designs and other development activities of the development team

Qualifications:

Must have experience with the process of source control release engineering
Must have experience using scripting languages such as python, vbscript, unix shell scripting languages
Must have experience creating installation kits for Microsoft and UNIX platforms
Must have experience in programming languages C#, JAVA, C++
Requires a bachelor's degree in a related area and at least 6 years of experience in software development.
Must work in an agile team environment
Must operate independently, be self-motivated, and be results-minded

Please apply directly to: "http://www.intellectualventures.com/"

We are an equal opportunity employer