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The Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group focuses on driving analytic and Al/ML solutions that leverage the vast and rapidly expanding biological datasets to address national security needs. The Group’s efforts include developing software architectures and systems, bioinformatics tools, and AI algorithms to further the nation’s efforts in biomedical, health, chemical and biological defense, biosecurity, public and global health and warfighter performance.

Job Description

The Bioanalytics Systems and Technologies Group is in search of an innovative and highly motivated software engineer to support several projects within our group. Project tasks include development of software to support harmonization of medical and health data, web-based app development, modeling and simulation, and data streaming applications.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline. In lieu of a master’s degree, a bachelor’s degree with 3 to 5 years of experience

Software Design and Development Life-cycle knowledge

Strong proficiency in Python and related frameworks

Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and SQL

Experience with training, deploying, and/or evaluating AI / ML or data science models

Experience with data engineering, defining ETL / ELT processes, and using workflow orchestrators

Experience using version control software, such as git, in a team setting

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Good interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with a team

Experience working with building and maintaining applications in security-sensitive, regulated enterprise settings

This is an onsite position only

Desired Requirements

Experience with Big Data cloud platforms like Databricks a plus

Experience with biological and medical data a plus

Experience with data harmonization and medical data standards like OMOP, FHIR, and HL7 a plus

Experience with using AWS cloud services for AI and Data Engineering a plus

Experience building software integrations with AI / ML / LLM models and libraries a plus

Experience with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) using various source document formats a plus

Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $116,400 - $140,000 Experienced Hiring Range: $116,400 - $182,200

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including—but not limited to—the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate’s experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

MIT-funded pension

Matching 401K

Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)

Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs

Mentorship programs

A range of work-life balance options

... and much more!

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks .

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

Requisition ID: 43407