APPLICATION DEVELOPER B at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Duties: Responsible for the application design, development, testing, maintenance and documentation of specific modules of natural language processing (NLP) methods and applications produced for the Health Language Processing Laboratory. Work with investigators and lead team members to apply said methods to the analysis of big data in the biomedical sciences including extraction of data from unstructured text in clinical records, literature, social media text, and other sources.

Qualifications: The minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 1 year of professional, post-degree programming experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience required. Advanced degree and/or additional programming experience preferred.
Highly competent in Python and/or Java programming language required
Experience with natural language processing or machine learning is desirable.
Experience with data science a plus
Experience with information visualization, scientific visualization, or visual analytics a plus
Experience with several programming languages including HTML5, PHP, Java, C, C++, Perl and/or Python
Experience with Linux, Windows, Mac OS operating systems
Ability to work with a software development team using formal software development methods
Ability to work independently and apply critical thinking and sound judgment
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Ability to communicate effectively with team members

Reference Number: 40-29151

Salary Grade: B

Employment Type: Exempt

Org: BE-Informatics Division

Special Requirements:

Job Family: E-Information Systems/Technology