Software developer post at the Imagopole facilities of the Institut Pasteur 
Paris

The Imagopole (www.imagopole.org) is a large multi-disciplinary centre for 
functional analyses of biological systems using optical and electron microscope 
imaging methods. It serves primarily researchers working on infection, 
microbiology and immunology at the Institut Pasteur Paris, but is also open at 
national and international levels for external research needs. With around 
fifty associate research and engineering staff, rendering advanced technologies 
for life sciences research to over five hundred users, we have special need for 
excellence in imaging informatics, and currently are seeking a an experienced 
software developer to join our team, for an appointment of three years. 
Specifically, the candidate will join the Imagopole in the context of a newly 
funded program (Wellcome Trust London) aimed to develop OME/OMERO (OME) image 
database architecture in the context of an international consortium of partners 
led by Pr. Jason Swedlow (Dundee University, UK), and including the Institut 
Pasteur Paris. The appointee will drive local development of a campus scale OME 
database supporting Imagopole users from Pasteur. The successful candidate will 
be an experienced self-starter, integrated into a dynamic team environment, and 
will take inspiration forOME development from colleagues and users. There will 
be ample opportunity and encouragement to collaborate with other software 
developers, bioinformaticians and IT experts across the campus.

The Open Microscopy Environment Consortium (OME) is in an exciting, well-funded 
initiative aiming to leverage great functionality for image db management 
through a community effort for improved and updated Bio-Formats; integration 
with ImageJ2, CellProfiler, and KNIME. Downstream there are plans for improved 
support for heterogeneous data, probably via NoSQL; improved data model and 
ontology support; improved support for distributed compute for large-scale 
analysis. While OMERO applications are mostly written in Java and Python with 
some JavaScript and PL/pgSQL the foundations are old-school (PostgreSQL, 
ZeroC’s ICE mixed with a taste of web scale computing; NoSQL, HDF5 and 
PyTables). So, the candidate must have the technical skills to integrate to 
this professional team, and the independence to use their skills for local 
developments in the Institut Pasteur Imagopole.

The successful applicant will be based in Paris France, and will interact 
closely with researchers and software developers based in Scotland, Germany, 
Italy, and the USA. For more information, see http://openmicroscopy.org.

Responsibilities
Client and server side development;
Rapid prototyping based on new feature requests;
Participation in the entire life cycle of our applications; development, 
testing and deployment;
Continue development of an existing Java server-based Application

Requirements 
Java and/or Python programming experience
Database-driven application design and data modelling
Experience with client-server application development
Experience with SQL
Excellent object-oriented and aspect-oriented programming skills
Experience with Java server development
Experience with Linux, Mac OS X or any proprietary Unix flavour
Strong collaborative skills with an eye towards efficiency and creativity

Expertise in one or more of the following:
C, C++ and/or Python programming experience
Template design with Django
Experience developing and deploying Java client-server applications in Linux 
and/or Windows
A procedural SQL language (PL/SQL, Transact-SQL, PL/pgSQL, SQL PL)
Oracle or PostgreSQL experience
ZeroC’s ICE
NoSQL facility
Experience in an open source development project

Interested:
Send CV and a letter of intention to: 
[email protected] (Attention: Pr. Spencer Shorte)
or call +33 1 40 61 3701

--
Jean-Yves Tinevez
PFID - Imagopole
Institut Pasteur
25-28, rue du Docteur Roux
75724 Paris cedex 15 
France
tel: +33 1 40 61 35 40

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