Senior Software Engineer (Statistical Backend) - CRO Environment - UK

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We are looking for a passionate and motivated Senior Software Engineer (Statistical Backend) to take on a critical role at the interface between clinical data science and software development on our KerusCloud® platform.

• To have a solid understanding of the KerusCloud® codebase and architecture.
• Development, and maintenance, of novel software to aid the design of complex clinical research studies with ownership over new advanced statistical features:
  • lead on gathering requirements.
  • understand the concepts and communicate to the wider team.
  • design solutions to fit within KerusCloud®.
  • engineer secure, quality, and robust solutions.
• Support the generation and maintenance of quality documentation.
• Be an integral part of the KerusCloud® development team, working closely with others.
• Support the continuous improvement of the team and wider company.

Requirements:

• College graduate in a scientific, or mathematical, discipline which required the creation of repeatable coding for data analysis.
• Experience of programming languages to develop data science techniques (e.g. R, python)
• Experience of developing mathematical models to be used in a production setting.
• Experience of statistical principles and/or simulation methods used in clinical trials or medical research.
• Demonstrated ability to share knowledge and concepts to a wide range of people.
• Demonstrated ability to assimilate new ideas into practical, applied techniques.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with strong interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications.

• Experience of object orientated programming principles.
• Experience working in an agile software development environment.
• Experience of source control (e.g., git) and issue tracking (e.g., JIRA) tools.
• Experience of AWS (e.g., Lambda, Cognito, S3, DynamoDB).
• Experience in mentoring others.

Please consider your application unsuccessful if we do not reach out to you within 14 days of your submission.