Major Job Responsibilities:

• Build APIs-based applications in Cloud system
• Perform additional duties as required.
• Collaborate with the research users (such as breeders, phenomics/molecular scientists, statisticians) and IT to adopt APIs based applications
• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of proprietary applications in Advanta
• Maintain and provide support on proprietary applications
• Prepare user’s manual and train users in the use of applications
• Analyze and understand the pipeline of current data processing/applications in Advanta
• Evaluate business needs and objective from Plant Science and Data Science viewpoints, in relation to the development of applications for breeding programs.

Job Skills & Requirements:

• Previous experience as a software engineer or developer, or alternately in a similar role
• Good communication skills, both written and oral
• A strong interest in learning more about Plant Science, particularly genetics and breeding.
• Excellent team player with the ability to work within an international breeding team and to clearly communicate computational concepts.
• Ability to identify and satisfy the needs of internal customers and continuously search for ways to provide value-added solutions.
• Knowledge of programming language (preference in R/Python)
• Proficiency in solving complex problems with creative and effective solutions.
• Knowledge of web-based programming language (Java/PHP/HTML, etc.)

Educational Background: Masters/PhD degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, IT or experience in similar field.