RESEARCHER SENIOR LEAD

UAB; University (FL); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Biology seeks a Researcher Senior Lead to join a NIH U19 project team. You will serve as the application development lead for Cayo Hub, guiding data intake, management, and analysis across large multi-omics datasets and longitudinal measures.

This role emphasizes leadership in software development and data workflows within an interdisciplinary setting. You will coordinate with researchers and data engineers to build scalable tools, APIs, and interfaces,

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree in a related field and one year of related experience.
• Master's degree in related field and three years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in related field and five years of related experience.
• Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the collaborative expansion of an existing project database.
• Lead the development of APIs for accessing and visualizing project data.
• Lead the development of web-based interfaces for data visualization and dissemination.
• Coordinate intake pipelines for existing and new data and metadata.
• Shape workflows and practices for data management and reproducible workflows.
• Coordinate weekly office hours to provide feedback to researchers.
• Organize working group meetings on data integration practices.
• Provide development updates to project leadership and track milestones.
• Develop and document technical reports and data use agreements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Software development

APIs

SQL

NoSQL databases

Web programming

Version control

Communication

Genomics

Education

Doctorate in related field

Master's in related field

Bachelor's in related field

Tools

APIs

SQL

NoSQL

Git

JavaScript

Golang

Web design

PHP

Job description

RESEARCHER SENIOR LEAD – (T240241)

Description

Position Summary

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Biology, is in search of a dedicated Researcher Senior Lead to join their team. The Researcher Senior Lead will work as a database engineer and application developer embedded in an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional team supported by an NIH U19 award that is aiming to integrate large-scale datasets from free-ranging nonhuman primates, including single-cell and bulk-tissue multi-omic data, immune phenotyping, social-network phenotypes, longitudinal physiological measures, survival, and reproductive outcomes. The Researcher Senior Lead will serve as the application development lead of Cayo Hub, the data management and informatics core of the U19, and coordinate with other Cayo Hub team members and the broader U19 researcher community to extend and develop software tools that support data intake, management, curation, and analysis. These tools will be essential in identifying molecular and environmental drivers of inter-individual and within-individual variation in biological aging across tissues, organ systems, and the life course.

General Responsibilities

As a Researcher Senior Lead, you will be at the forefront of research leadership, guiding the overall research strategy and overseeing the execution of multiple high-impact projects. This emerging leader role demands exceptional expertise and visionary thinking, with responsibilities including securing major funding, influencing research policy, and driving innovation. You will lead large, interdisciplinary teams, ensuring the highest standards of scientific excellence and significantly impacting the field. Depending on the research focus, this position may involve research collaborator contact, research animal contact, and/or specimens.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

1. Lead the collaborative expansion of an existing project database.

2. Lead the development of associated interfaces, such as application programming interfaces (APIs), for accessing and visualizing project data.

3. Lead the development of web-based user interfaces for dissemination and visualization of behavioral and biological data.

4. Collaborate with a multi-institution team to coordinate the development of intake pipelines for previous and newly generated data and metadata not yet in the database.

5. Collaborate with a multi-institution group of researchers and data engineers to shape workflows and practices for data; coordinate weekly office hours to offer feedback to collaboration researchers.

6. Collaborate with a multi-institution group of researchers and data engineers to conduct quality control and establish procedures and pipelines for flagging or correcting errors.

7. Assist in organization of working group meetings discussing data integration practices and challenges involving broader research community stakeholders.

8. Coordinate regular online meetings with development team members as well as broader project leadership to provide development updates and ensure the meeting of project milestones.

9. Lead the development and documentation of technical reports, white papers, data summaries, data use agreements, and other written products for the researcher community.

10. Perform other duties as assigned.

Salary Range

$ 63,875- $ 103,800

Qualifications

Doctorate degree in a related field and one (1) year of related experience OR Master’s degree in a related field and three (3) years of related experience OR Bachelor’s degree in related field and five (5) years of related experience required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement.

Preferences

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, computational biology, bioinformatics, or related fields.

• Demonstrated interest in genomics, evolutionary biology, quantitative biology, aging biology, or related areas.

• Three years of experience in software development.

• Strong leadership and managerial skills, particularly in collaborative software development.

• Proficiency with relational (e.g., SQL) and NoSQL database design.

• Proficiency with web design and web programming (e.g., JavaScript, PHP, Golang).

• Experience developing application programming interfaces (APIs).

• Creative problem-solving skills.

• Familiarity with reproducible computational workflows and version control.

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran’s status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB’s Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.

Primary Location

: University

Job Category

: Scientific Research

Organization

: 480300000 Biology

Employee Status

: Regular
Shift: Day/1st Shift
Work Arrangement (final schedule to be determined by the department/hiring manager): Remote/Hybrid Eligible