Overview

About Science Exchange:

We are a small team working to improve the quality and efficiency of scientific research. We are well funded and fast growing. 

As part of our team you’ll have a big impact on our mission from the moment you start. You will be joining passionate and talented folks who have great fun working together.

Our Engineering Team:

We are a group of builders from diverse backgrounds. Our work style is supportive and collaborative.

The Job:

As a software engineer at Science Exchange, you will:

• Develop new features for our main application, the Science Exchange marketplace (a Ruby on Rails app).
• Contribute to internal tools that help us scale our processes as we grow.
• Share the responsibility for keeping our codebase robust and pleasant to work with.
• Build sites and tools to support our validation-related projects, such as the Reproducibility Initiative.
• Collaborate to plan work, do code reviews, and improve our practices and processes.
• Participate in recruiting and interviewing.
• Have fun learning with us as we grow and change the scientific collaboration landscape.
• This position has a backend or full-stack orientation. If you are interested in a frontend or UI-focused role, check out our UI Engineer opening.

Your Qualities and Qualifications:

To be a good fit for our team, you must be:

• Proficient with the fundamentals of programming, especially as they apply to web development.
• Familiar with modern web development technologies and paradigms.
• A strong learner, with the capacity to grow and adapt.
• A good communicator and collaborator.
• Passionate about building useful things.

Keyword Soup:

A bonus (but not a requirement) is familiarity with some or all of the following topics:

• Web development frameworks, like Django or Ruby on Rails.
• Front-end frameworks, such as Ember.js, Angular.js or Node.js.
• The Ruby programming language (our current language of choice).
• Databases, especially SQL and its feeding and care.
• Building beautiful, dynamic web-pages with CSS and JavaScript.
• Interest or experience with scientific research.

Salary and Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary in the $90k – $120k range (depending on candidate’s experience). We offer full benefits and other perks, which you can read about on our main jobs page.