Job Description
DuPont has a rich history of scientific discovery that has enabled countless innovations and today, we're looking for more people, in more places, to collaborate with us to make life the best that it can be. DuPont Pioneer is the world’s leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics to farmers in more than 90 countries. Our mission to feed the world is based on and enabled by world class science and multi-disciplinary research which is conducted by more than 1,000 researchers world-wide. For our growing efforts in breeding analytics we are looking for a highly skilled, scientifically minded individual to join our team.
In this role, you will develop software for other programmers and for end users in our R&D Breeding organization, which will enable product characterization and advancement through state-of-the-art statistical models, data visualization, robust high throughput pipelines and high performance data access. You will work as part of a small software development team that partners with analysts and researchers in a dynamic, global, agricultural research environment. You will be responsible for supporting cross platform C and C++ development. This includes finding, compiling, linking, using, and wrapping existing C and C++ libraries both external and internal, writing new C++ code and mentoring other developers.
The code will usually run on a Linux HPC cluster and be used in a .NET, R or python environment, so connecting native code to managed languages will be important, as will optimizing data access and manipulation. Some support of Linux services like NGINX, Jenkins, devpi and PostgreSQL will be required as well. You will work with the team architect to implement the accepted architectural practice on all projects you will be involved in. Collaboration within our team, end users and with other stakeholders is a requirement and occurs throughout with regular team meetings, impromptu mini-meetings, email, planning and development activities.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Work with analysts to develop applications and/or platforms that enable the Breeding organization to drive genetic gain.
- Collaborate with biostatisticians to implement and refine statistical models for use in high-throughput analysis pipelines.
- Work with the software architect to design and create new projects in the pipeline.
- Work with other team members when required to brainstorm, troubleshoot and resolve issues related to application and platform development with guidance from the team architect and analysts.
- Perform run and maintain tasks on the applications or platforms as required.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, MIS or other science related field.
- At least 3+ years of relevant work experience.
- Strong design and programming skills in C or C++
- Knowledge of statistics or genetics is a plus
- Knowledge of C# is a plus
Required competencies for this position include:
- Experience in developing applications or libraries in C or C++
- Cross-platform development on Linux and Windows, using gcc and MSVC
- Experience working with C/C++ in a Linux/Unix environment.
- Experience finding, using, compiling, and patching C and C++ libraries
- Strong understanding of computer architecture and optimization in code design
- Architecture skills for managing data and applications in a High-Performance Cluster environment.
- Have a solid knowledge of common software design patterns and engineering practices.
- Knowledge of setting up and running applications and services on a Linux server
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Proven ability to learn and apply new technologies, programming techniques and languages.
- Ability to work independently and/or within groups
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and a desire to use them in a team environment
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