Programmer Analyst

Mass General Brigham • Boston, MA

1d • $62,837 - $89,762 • Hybrid

About The Position

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Responsible for designing, creating, deploying, and updating programs for a particular device, the web, or a specific operating system. May require online learning and completion of interactive certification training. Does this position require Patient Care? No

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science required or Bachelor's Degree Computer Applications required or Bachelor's Degree Related Field of Study required
• Applications Development Experience 0-1 year required
• Understanding of core programming principles, including design.
• Ability to work in at least one programming language (ex: JavaScript, SQL, etc.).
• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent communications skills both written and oral.
• Demonstrated experience with Python, R, JavaScript, or similar scripting language
• Familiarity with software development focused on performance and efficient resource utilization
• Basic familiarity with C/C++ and ability to expand expertise
• Comfortable with cross-platform software development (macOS, Windows, and Linux)
• Quick to learn new technologies and scientific concepts

Nice To Haves

• Interest in medicine, health policy and/or public health
• Professional development experience with C/C++ or other general purpose programming language
• Web app, GUI, and/or data visualization development experience
• Experience developing software that utilizes parallel computing techniques
• High performance cluster computing experience
• Linux/Windows systems administration
• Experience in computational statistics, Bayesian methods, and/or probability theory

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain assigned application(s) and responds to problems as they arise.
• Collaborate with the rest of the team to ensure applications align with organizational goals as well as customer needs.
• Oversee the performance of applications to ensure they are always running properly.
• Complete application development and process improvement tasks as assigned.
• Complete project documentation and project artifacts for all new developments.
• Develop and execute unit and integration testing.
• Stay on track of the application lifecycle to ensure necessary updates are completed on time.
• Developing and maintaining decision-analytic simulation models across the lifespan for HIV, tuberculosis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, congenital cytomegalovirus, ANCA-associated vasculitis, e-cigarette use, and/or smoking through: Coding, debugging, and testing new features, Optimizing models, with a focus on speed and memory usage, Developing user interfaces for model input/output, Consulting with research personnel on model structure and parameterization
• Developing new and existing user interfaces, web apps, and data analysis/visualization tools
• Meeting regularly with research personnel to devise innovative and scientifically appropriate solutions to modeling and data analysis challenges
• Working with research personnel to identify workflow issues and develop technical solutions, such as automated scripts or improved user interfaces
• Serving as a technical liaison for external collaborators and model developers
• Contributing to grant proposals by consulting on technical/programming aspects
• Contributing to and acting as co-author on scientific manuscripts and publications (if interested)
• Producing documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
• Assisting researchers with software-related questions and issues, including tasks related to Linux/Windows system administration and high-performance computing cluster usage

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits
• career advancement opportunities
• differentials
• premiums
• bonuses as applicable
• recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree