Research Software Engineer - Data & Research Tools

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University invites applications for a PREP Research Associate to support collaboration with NIST on the Research Software Engineer project. The role focuses on expanding a scientific database layout, prototyping code for performance, and building intuitive UI for data input forms and dataset display.

Responsibilities include storing and managing data files, collaborating with researchers on modern development workflows, and creating API documentation and tutorials for scientific

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a software-related field or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, SASS, and JavaScript for UI.
• Proficiency with server-side runtimes (Node.js, PHP) and MongoDB.
• Experience with Git, API integration, responsive design, testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, expand, and deploy a scientific database layout for active research and NIST datasets.
• Develop, refactor, profile, test, and package prototype code for maintainability and performance.
• Create user-friendly features for data input forms and data display on an existing site.
• Develop features to store, retrieve, and manage data files.

Skills

HTML/CSS/JS

Node.js

PHP

MongoDB

Git

APIs/Integration

Linux

CI/CD

Data pipelines

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering/computer science/IT or STEM

Tools

Node.js

PHP

MongoDB

Git

Job description

Johns Hopkins University invites applications for a PREP Research Associate to support collaboration with NIST on the Research Software Engineer project. The role focuses on expanding a scientific database layout, prototyping code for performance, and building intuitive UI for data input forms and dataset display.

Responsibilities include storing and managing data files, collaborating with researchers on modern development workflows, and creating API documentation and tutorials for scientific