Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

  • Contract

Company Description

John Snow Labs is an award-winning AI and NLP company, accelerating progress in data science by providing state-of-the-art software, data, and models. Founded in 2015, it helps healthcare and life science companies build, deploy, and operate AI products and services. John Snow Labs is the winner of the 2018 AI Solution Provider of the Year Award, the 2019 AI Platform of the Year Award, the 2019 International Data Science Foundation Technology award, and the 2020 AI Excellence Award.

John Snow Labs is the developer of Spark NLP - the world’s most widely used NLP library in the enterprise - and is the world’s leading provider of state-of-the-art clinical NLP software, powering some of the world’s largest healthcare & pharma companies. John Snow Labs is a global team of specialists, of which 33% hold a Ph.D. or M.D. and 75% hold at least a Master’s degree in disciplines covering data science, medicine, software engineering, pharmacy, DevOps and SecOps.

Job Description

We are looking for an exceptional full-stack software engineer to join a growing team and take on building web services and apps for John Snow Labs NLP libraries. The right candidate will have substantial proven hands-on experience with Python 3, JavaScript or TypeScript; deep understanding of full-stack and client-side web development, working knowledge of existing tools and frameworks for UI development, and a passion for high-quality code and design.

Mush haves:
- Strong knowledge and practice of writing reliable web applications.
- Experience with Python 3, backend frameworks, and distributed task queues.
- Teamwork practices (git flows, code reviews, issue trackers).
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD and automated testing.
- Passion about user experience.
- Experience with running software in a Linux environment.
- Interest in modern technologies and desire to learn something new.

Good to have:
- A GitHub account with public contributions.
- Awareness about Spark and Jupyter notebooks.
- Frontend stack: JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS, building tools.

Also required is experience working in industry delivering production-grade software projects, working as part of an agile software team and using tools like GitHub and Docker.

If you are a good fit for this job, please include the words John Snow Labs in your response and explain why you are the right person for this job. This is potentially a full-time, long-term freelancing opportunity, with substantial opportunities to learn new technologies and grow your career.

Qualifications

Mush haves:
- Strong knowledge and practice of writing reliable web applications.
- Experience with Python 3, backend frameworks, and distributed task queues.
- Teamwork practices (git flows, code reviews, issue trackers).
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD and automated testing.
- Passion about user experience.
- Experience with running software in a Linux environment.
- Interest in modern technologies and desire to learn something new.

Good to have:
- A GitHub account with public contributions.
- Awareness about Spark and Jupyter notebooks.
- Frontend stack: JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS, building tools.

Also required is experience working in industry delivering production-grade software projects, working as part of an agile software team and using tools like GitHub and Docker.

If you are a good fit for this job, please include the words John Snow Labs in your response and explain why you are the right person for this job. This is potentially a full-time, long-term freelancing opportunity, with substantial opportunities to learn new technologies and grow your career.

Additional Information

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