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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Multiple Positions | Memphis, TN | ONSITE or REMOTE | https://www.stjude.cloud/

The St. Jude Cloud (https://stjude.cloud) project is hiring multiple different positions and technical backgrounds. We work on the forefront of computational genomics by applying advanced computational techniques to analyzing genomics data then sharing that data with the world. Come join the world's largest pediatric cancer data repository and apply your skills to advance cures for children around the world. Please see the positions below.

You can learn a little about our most recent structure here: https://www.stjude.cloud/announcements/st-jude-cloud-restruc...

NOTE that prior experience in bioinformatics or biology is NOT required for any of the positions below. We're just looking for amazing engineers, but rest assured, we teach biology/genomics/bioinformatics from scratch routinely. You must be interested in learning though!

If you have questions, you can reach out to me (the project lead) with questions at Clay.McLeod AT stjude DOT org.

Here are the links to the positions. For the privacy conscious among us, note that these links will track how many clicks we receive. If that bothers you, you can also find these positions by searching for them here: https://jobs-stjude.icims.com/jobs/intro.

1. Senior PHP/Laravel Fullstack Developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/7182/sr-bioinformatics...

2. Mid-level Ruby on Rails Fullstack Developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/5594/software-developm...

3. Manager of Software Development and Operations: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6375/mgr-bioinfo-softw...

It’s worth noting that Parcel v2 still needs work to support some basic use cases. For instance, it does not correctly build a Sass file that pulls in Bootstrap imports from NPM: https://github.com/parcel-bundler/parcel/issues/6002#issueco....

We tried switching to Parcel v2 but we had to downgrade back to v1.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Multiple Positions | Memphis, TN | ONSITE or REMOTE | https://www.stjude.cloud/

The St. Jude Cloud (https://stjude.cloud) project is hiring multiple different positions and technical backgrounds. We work on the forefront of computational genomics by applying advanced computational techniques to analyzing genomics data then sharing that data with the world. Come join the world's largest pediatric cancer data repository and apply your skills to advance cures for children around the world. Please see the positions below.

You can learn a little about our most recent structure here: https://www.stjude.cloud/announcements/st-jude-cloud-restruc...

NOTE that prior experience in bioinformatics or biology is NOT required for any of the positions below. We're just looking for amazing engineers, but rest assured, we teach biology/genomics/bioinformatics from scratch routinely. You must be interested in learning though!

If you have questions, you can reach out to me (the project lead) with questions at Clay.McLeod AT stjude DOT org.

Here are the links to the positions. For the privacy conscious among us, note that these links will track how many clicks we receive. If that bothers you, you can also find these positions by searching for them here: https://jobs-stjude.icims.com/jobs/intro.

1. Senior PHP/Laravel Fullstack Developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/7182/sr-bioinformatics...

2. Mid-level Ruby on Rails Fullstack Developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/5594/software-developm...

3. Manager of Software Development and Operations: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6375/mgr-bioinfo-softw...

4. Senior Product Manager: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/7632/sr-product-owner/...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Multiple Positions | Memphis, TN | ONSITE or REMOTE | https://www.stjude.cloud/

The St. Jude Cloud (https://stjude.cloud) project is hiring multiple different positions and technical backgrounds. We work on the forefront of computational genomics by applying advanced computational techniques to analyzing genomics data then sharing that data with the world. Come join the world's largest pediatric cancer data repository and apply your skills to advance cures for children around the world. Please see the positions below.

You can learn a little about our most recent structure here: https://www.stjude.cloud/announcements/st-jude-cloud-restruc...

NOTE that prior experience in bioinformatics or biology is NOT required for any of the positions below. We're just looking for amazing engineers, but rest assured, we teach biology/genomics/bioinformatics from scratch routinely. You must be interested in learning though!

If you have questions, you can reach out to me (the project lead) with questions at Clay.McLeod AT stjude DOT org.

Here are the links to the positions. For the privacy conscious among us, note that these links will track how many clicks we receive. If that bothers you, you can also find these positions by searching for them here: https://jobs-stjude.icims.com/jobs/intro.

1. Senior PHP/Laravel Fullstack Developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/7182/sr-bioinformatics...

2. Mid-level PHP/Laravel Fullstack Developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6871/software-developm...

3. Mid-level Ruby on Rails Fullstack Developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/5594/software-developm...

4. Manager of Software Development and Operations: for whatever reason, this position is unfortunately missing from our careers site :). I'm working with our recruiting team to get it reposted, but if you're interested, please email me at the email provided above.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Multiple Positions | Memphis, TN | ONSITE or REMOTE | https://www.stjude.cloud/

The St. Jude Cloud (https://stjude.cloud) project is hiring multiple different positions and technical backgrounds. We work on the forefront of computational genomics by applying advanced computational techniques to analyzing genomics data then sharing that data with the world. Come join the world's largest pediatric cancer data repository and apply your skills to advance cures for children around the world. Please see the positions below.

You can learn a little about our most recent structure here: https://www.stjude.cloud/announcements/st-jude-cloud-restruc....

NOTE that prior experience in bioinformatics or biology is NOT required for any of the positions below. We're just looking for amazing engineers, but rest assured, we teach biology/genomics/bioinformatics from scratch routinely. You must be interested in learning though!

If you have questions, you can reach out to me (the project lead) with questions at Clay.McLeod AT stjude DOT org.

1. Mid-level PHP/Laravel Fullstack Developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6871/software-developm...

2. Manager of Software Development and Operations: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6375/mgr-bioinfo-softw...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Multiple Positions | Memphis, TN | ONSITE or REMOTE | https://www.stjude.cloud/

The St. Jude Cloud (https://stjude.cloud) project is hiring multiple different positions and technical backgrounds. We work on the forefront of computational genomics by applying advanced computational techniques to analyzing genomics data then sharing that data with the world. Come join the world's largest pediatric cancer data repository and apply your skills to advance cures for children around the world. Please see the positions below.

You can learn a little about our most recent structure here: https://www.stjude.cloud/announcements/st-jude-cloud-restruc....

NOTE that prior experience in bioinformatics or biology is NOT required for any of the positions below. We're just looking for amazing engineers, but rest assured, we teach biology/genomics/bioinformatics from scratch routinely. You must be interested in learning though!

If you have questions, you can reach out to me (the project lead) with questions at Clay.McLeod AT stjude DOT org.

1. Senior Ruby on Rails developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6875/sr.-bioinformatic...

2. Mid-level Ruby on Rails developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/5594/software-developm...

3. Mid-level PHP/Laravel Fullstack Developer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6871/software-developm...

4. Manager of Software Development and Operations: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6375/mgr-bioinfo-softw...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Multiple Positions | Full-time | ONSITE eventually (Memphis, TN) but REMOTE currently.

Hi everyone, I lead the St. Jude Cloud (stjude.cloud) team. Our goal is to take the vast amounts of research data and analysis tools generated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and share it freely with researchers around the world to advance cures for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. It's a really interesting project to be a part of because of the intersection between cutting edge cancer genomics and high-quality software engineering. Currently, we are (to our knowledge), the largest repository of pediatric cancer genomics data in the world. You can learn more about the project by reading this blog post: https://www.stjude.cloud/announcements/st-jude-cloud-restruc....

We currently have three positions open:

- Product Owner: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/5714/associate-product...

- Senior Bioinformatics Portal Engineer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6273/sr-bioinformatics...

- Manager of Software Development and Operations: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/6375/mgr-bioinfo-softw...

You can apply at those links, or you can email me directly if you have any questions (clay.mcleod@stjude.org). I'd ask that you please put "[HN]" in the subject line. Thanks!

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | ONSITE | Full Time | https://stjude.cloud

Hi everyone. We are again hiring for the St. Jude Cloud team. St. Jude Cloud is a new initiative at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to share all of the genomics data and analysis pipelines effectively with the research community by leveraging cloud technology. Our team has the vibe of a startup that is embedded within St. Jude.

We currently have two positions open:

(1) Associate Software Engineer (entry-level) or Bioinformatics Portal Engineer (intermediate-level). This is essentially a full stack engineer that focuses on building bioinformatics web applications. Here is the snippet from the job posting:

Primary responsibilities will be designing and developing bioinformatics-related web applications in St. Jude Cloud (https://www.stjude.cloud). Knowledge of at least one of the following middleware technologies is required: NodeJS (leveraging Express, Koa, or comparable), Ruby (leveraging Ruby on Rails or Sinatra), or PHP (leveraging Laravel). Knowledge of at least one of the following frontend frameworks is required: React, Vue, or Angular. Knowledge of Linux, Bash/Zsh, and Git are preferred. Knowledge of containerization (Docker), database technologies (PostgreSQL, MySQL), common software product design processes (Agile/SCRUM), and common cloud computing paradigms is preferred.

Job posting: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/4538/assoc-software-en...

(2) Product Owner (entry to intermediate level). This position is a traditional product owner role working on building out genomics applications in St. Jude Cloud.

If you are interested in either position or with any questions, please feel free to drop me a line at clay.mcleod@stjude.org.

Hey Ethan, glad to hear that you are already in the same city! If you're interested in that arrangement, I'd encourage you to apply and just specify your situation in the cover letter.

Wow... that is really strange. If you're wanting to apply but can't, you can just email me your resume and explain this is happening in your email. Apologies about that.

Not a problem at all, I'll get it sorted. If you could include a sentence or two on what tripped you up, I'll relay that to our HR department to make it more clear for future applicants.

Sure! You can address to me, or you can just address it "to whom it may concern" (there are a few HPC positions in those job postings, so that would be a different manager). We're not going to count it against you either way :).

My advice on the cover letter is to just be honest about your situation. If you're only going consider remote, let us know that. If you prefer remote but would consider on-site as you say here, let us know that too! It's all going to come down to a discussion about whether we're the right fit for you and you're the right fit for us, so it benefits both sides to be as candid as possible (just my two cents).

If you're thinking about applying, it doesn't hurt to email me and just say that you applied from the HN post so I can keep my eye out for it!

I've had a few requests for details, so I'll post some of my responses here in the comments.

Re: common technologies

- ASE/SSE: Python is the main language used in these positions. We work in a variety of other languages (Java, C, C++, bash, Perl) as genomic tools are written in all these languages. We've done some experimenting in Rust (https://github.com/stjude/fqlib), and we're just getting started in seeing how Rust might fit into the genomics community.

- BPE: For this position, the ability to work in multiple middle-stack and front-end frameworks is necessary. NodeJS and React/Vue are likely to be the workhorses here.

Re: team/project culture

The St. Jude Cloud team is a little bit like a start-up within St. Jude. All of the positions posted here are software engineering positions, but we all wear many hats on the team. Everyone participates in product design and user feedback gathering by meeting with doctors, bioinformaticians, and everyone in-between. We're very interested in doing quality software engineering in the genomics space (historically, biological discovery has taken priority IMO) and also in experimenting in new technologies/languages.

Sharing genomics data and tools is hard. We're attempting to set the standard for how genomics data is shared in a federated data sharing model (many institutions build subsites that talk to one another) rather than the centralized model (one or two centralized databases that every institution submits data to). This results in an environment that's always presenting new challenges, which is great if you're into that! Anything that's worth doing can be stressful at times, but the fact that we are working on something that's altruistic (in general, advancing cures for kids with catastrophic diseases) is what keeps me motivated.

Re: working at St. Jude

Last, I'll just make a quick plug that St. Jude is a great place to work: we were recently voted the number one place to work for Gen Z: https://www.nshss.org/media/30907/2018-all-companies_ranked....! We consistently make the top 30-ish companies in the world. Last, you're working on something that's truly making a difference, so it's a really positive environment.

Re: remote vs. on-site

For these positions, we're considering both on-site and remote arrangements. I'd like to say upfront that on-site has worked better than remote for us so far. My gut feeling is that this is due to the nature of the work we're doing (building a product where an end-user sits right next to you) and the fact that the rest of our team is on-site. Don't let that deter you from applying if you are remote only and are excited by this opportunity! Just be sure to specify in your cover letter.

Re: is biological/genomics experience required?

No, although the willingness to learn genomics is required. We're looking to hire strong software engineers for these positions, we have plenty of domain expertise in-house!

For anything more, email me!

First, I'll say that I can't speak for all of St. Jude — it's a big place and it's going to vary from position to position. On-site has historically been preferred because of the energy on campus and the nature of the work. In my opinion, the institution as a whole is starting to become more open to the remote working arrangement.

For these positions, I'm considering remote applications. If you apply, just be sure you specify it in your cover letter (and be sure to email me directly if you don't hear back!).

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Multiple Positions (see below) | Memphis, TN | ONSITE or REMOTE | https://www.stjude.cloud/

The St. Jude Cloud project is hiring multiple different positions and technical backgrounds (see below). We work on the forefront of computational genomics by applying advanced computational techniques to analyzing genomics data then sharing that data with the world. Please see the individual positions below. If you have questions, you can reach out to me with questions at clay.mcLeod AT stjude DOT org.

1. Associate Software Engineer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/3286/assoc-software-en...

2. Senior Software Engineer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/3284/sr-software-engin...

3. Bioinformatics Portal Engineer: https://careers-stjude.icims.com/jobs/3517/bioinformatics-po...

Hey Andrew,

First, I'm curious where you thought I was focused on unsupervised learning? It certainly didn't cross my mind when I was writing this --- I was (implicitly) strictly talking about supervised machine learning.

My post actually is in support of what the latter of your comment says in a round-a-bout way. In general, the people that are making huge strides in deep learning (Bengio, Hinton, Lecun are obviously the big three) understand the capabilities and, maybe more importantly, the limitations of DL. My main point is that the ML community at large is actually not on the same page as the experts, and that causes many more problems.

I want us, as a community, to stop treating deep learning any different than any other ML algorithms --- have a consensus, based on scientific facts, about the possibilities and limitations thus-far. If we, "the experts", don't understand these things about our own algorithms, how can we the rest of the world to understand them?

I think the concept of "interpretability" is what you are getting at. I group that in with automatic feature engineering, since they are the same idea from different perspectives. Sometimes that is a benefit, sometimes it's not: http://blog.keras.io/how-convolutional-neural-networks-see-t...

The universal approximator approach is another big one that people lean on from the opposite direction (I suppose you could call it the "anti-deep learning" school of thought). Most people don't take the time to consider what a universal approximator actually is.

Are humans universal approximators? Absolutely not. The mere proof that a nn with an infinite number of hidden nodes (which isn't practical, which could end the discussion there) can find a statistical mapping between any two input and outputs is hardly a benefit. There is something so much more to intelligence --- the ability to generalize well (aka not overfitting) is first and foremost.

I'd push you to ask why you perceive that stacking RBMs produces "eerily human-like" results. I'd argue that they don't: http://blog.keras.io/how-convolutional-neural-networks-see-t...

Exactly --- none. But those features were born out of brute forcing a spatial exploitation, not some magical connection that we humans never thought about previously, which reinforces the point.

I'm a CSCI Master's student who focuses on Machine Learning and Data Science. I've already started my own company, consulted for large companies, and developed and open-source application that had over 200,000 unique users. My true love is data science, but I operate as a fullstack engineer at my company and have developed extensively for iOS and Android. Also, I have an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering (with an emphasis in Computer Engineering). Please contact me at the email below with any questions!

Location: Memphis, TN

Remote: YES

Willing to relocate: YES

Technologies: Python, R, Scala, Java, C++, CSS, HTML, JS, NodeJS, Theano, Keras, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Mobile (both iOS and Android), jQuery, Bootstrap, Docker, Hadoop, AWS, MEAN, MongoDB, AngularJS, ExpressJS

Résumé/CV: http://claymcleod.github.io/cv.pdf

Website: http://claymcleod.github.io

Email: clay.l.mcleod@gmail.com

Location: Memphis, TN

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, NodeJS, Java, C++, JS, MongoDB

Résumé/CV: http://claymcleod.github.io/cv.pdf

Email: clay.l.mcleod@gmail.com

Mainly focused on AI, Machine Learning, and Data science. Please email me with all questions or view my website to see my projects, publications, and presentations:

http://claymcleod.github.io

Location: Memphis, TN

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Data Science, Python, NodeJS, Fullstack

Résumé/CV: http://claymcleod.github.io/cv.pdf

Email: clay.l.mcleod@gmail.com

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Primarily, I would like to work in Data Science/Machine Learning. Current research is in Deep Neural Networks and Bayesian Analysis techniques. Pursing patent in biometric security using machine learning. However, I've programmed on almost every platform in many different languages, so I am definitely open to hearing job opportunities in different areas and learning different technologies.

Bottom line, I like to be challenged with new problems every couple of months - I wouldn't do well maintaining systems. I like to be on the bleeding edge and innovate.

Link to the library - https://github.com/claymcleod/pandoc-academic-publication

I'm really hoping some of the academic community will enjoy this + submit pull requests with different styles from other academic submissions. Please let me know what you guys think!