Software Engineer in Heidelberg

at  Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum DKFZ

The German Cancer Research Center is the largest biomedical research institution in Germany. With more than 3,000 employees, we operate an extensive scientific program in the field of cancer research.
For our Omics IT and Data Management Core Facility we are seeking a
Software Engineer
(Ref-No. 2024-0132)
The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) stands at the forefront of global cancer genomics and data analysis institutes. UNDERSTANDING AND TARGETING RESISTANCE in Glioblastoma (UNITE Glioblastoma) is a Collaborative Research Center (SFB1389) aiming at deciphering and targeting mechanisms of resistance in glioblastoma, a usually fatal brain tumor in children and adults. UNITE Glioblastoma is triggered by the strong vision that glioblastoma is treatable. To tackle this challenge, the research strategy is driven by innovation, strong collaboration and a focus on clinical implementation.
The UNITE core work package “Data integration, bioinformatics analysis, and data exploration for precision neurooncology” is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated software developer.
What do we do?
We build a web-based open source platform which helps scientists and bioinformaticians to find and analyze patterns in interconnected biomedical data from patients, such as their DNA, RNA, clinical data, molecular and drug screening data of their specimens and specimen models, MRI images, etc. This means that we are dealing with large amounts of data (tens of thousand records per individual). We collaborate closely with scientists and medical doctors from different departments to achieve best results in what we do.

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