Data Science Engineer at Berkeley Lab

Data Science Engineer – 105761

Division: DD-Scientific Data – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring a Data Science Engineer within the Scientific Data division. The Computational Biosciences Group has an immediate opening for a software and data engineer (CSE2) in the area of multi‑modal data modeling and analysis with applications to bioscience research. You will develop new methods and software tools that enable scientific knowledge discovery using modern data management and machine learning technologies and advance the state‑of‑the‑art in data‑intensive analysis.

Your projects will focus on the domains of omics/structural biology data and neurophysiology data. Under limited instruction, you will be part of an experienced team conducting R&D in the areas of FAIR data science, AI, and modern methods for data understanding. You will be working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team composed of computer scientists, data scientists, and bioinformaticians.

• Design and develop user‑friendly software packages for scientific data analysis and management
• Develop machine learning and AI solutions for analysis of biological data in close collaboration with diverse teams of scientists
• Work with domain experts to develop FAIR data models and management solutions for bioscience applications
• Work closely with the community of developers of the Neurodata Without Borders and LinkML open source data ecosystems, as well as the Joint Genome Institute
• Maintain and manage open source software products, including managing development priorities, software releases, continuous integration, and testing
• Design, implement and maintain software tools for creating and running parallel data‑intensive analysis workflows
• Design, implement and maintain high‑performance computing and cloud solutions for visualization and analysis of complex biological data
• Train scientists and research software engineers in the use of the developed software products at workshops and conferences
• Work on and resolve problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
• Network with senior internal and external personnel in their own area of expertise

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science or related field, with 5 or more years of professional experience designing and developing scientific data modeling or analysis software
• Experience working with modern scientific data formats and database systems such as HDF5, Zarr, Mongo
  
  DB, Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, and Redis
• Experience with Neurodata Without Borders, LinkML, or similar software ecosystems
• Experience working with large biological data in areas such as neurophysiology, microbiology, genomics, or protein design
• Experience working with modern parallel compute technologies such as Cloud, High‑Performance Computing, containerization, and parallel programming environments (MPI, OpenMP, CUDA, or pthreads)
• Experience developing web‑based graphical user interfaces (GUIs) or application programming interfaces (APIs) for scientific data analysis and management

• Exceptional health and retirement benefits including pension or 401K-style plans
• A culture where you’ll belong – we are invested in our teams
• In addition to accruing vacation and sick time, we also have a Winter Holiday Shutdown every year
• Parental bonding leave for both mothers and fathers
• Pet insurance

• Appointment type:
  This is a full‑time, 2‑year term appointment with the possibility of extension or conversion to a career appointment based upon satisfactory job performance and continuing availability of funds and ongoing operational needs
• Salary range:
  The expected salary for this position is $131,760 – $161,064, which fits into the full salary range of $117,132 – $197,676 depending on the candidate’s skills, knowledge, and abilities
• Background check:
  This position is subject to a background check. Any convictions will be evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and requirements of the position. Having a conviction history will…