Climate Data Software Engineer I

University Of Florida; Gainesville (FL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Florida is seeking a Research Software Engineer I to develop, implement, and maintain web-based applications on AgroClimate.org, adding features to the Climate Indicators tool and evaluating weather extremes probabilities for USA-wide periods.

Responsibilities include updating cloud-hosted applications, upgrading database connections for disease alert systems, and building APIs for the NASS-DSS tool, ensuring stability and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer or physical science, statistics, bioinformatics, analytics, or similar field and two years of experience.
• Master’s Degree in computer or physical science, statistics, bioinformatics, analytics, or similar field.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain web-based applications on AgroClimate.org including algorithms and UI changes for Climate Indicators tool.
• Maintain and improve cloud-hosted applications focusing on database connections for disease alert systems across strawberry, blueberry and citrus advisories.
• Build and maintain APIs and databases, including the NASS-DSS API, ensuring 24/7 operation.

Skills

Geospatial data handling

Weather data analysis

Climate data analysis

Web accessibility standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer or physical science, statistics, bioinformatics, analytics, or similar

Master's degree in computer or physical science, statistics, bioinformatics, analytics, or similar

Tools

AWS Step Functions

CloudFormation

Docker

Job description

The University of Florida is seeking a Research Software Engineer I to develop, implement, and maintain web-based applications on AgroClimate.org, adding features to the Climate Indicators tool and evaluating weather extremes probabilities for USA-wide periods.

Responsibilities include updating cloud-hosted applications, upgrading database connections for disease alert systems, and building APIs for the NASS-DSS tool, ensuring stability and security.