Scientific Programmer

Scientific Programmer

Department:
Biochemistry-0831

Within the UNL system, this position is categorized as a Programmer.

• Develop and extend the core computational infrastructure that underpins a multi-scale immune digital twin ecosystem and platform.
• Collaborate closely with product leadership to translate near-, mid-, and long-term roadmap requirements (3–6 months and 18 months) into clear technical specifications.
• Partner with the platform engineering team to implement backend simulation capabilities that enable automated testing, validation, and benchmarking of mechanistic submodels.
• Play a key role in enabling seamless integration of the core framework into a broader research and platform environment, ensuring robustness, scalability, and maintainability as the infrastructure evolves to support research, translational, and educational use cases.
• Prepare text and images for manuscript and publication submissions.
• Prepare detailed documentation, user guides and training materials for the use of developed simulation tools.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, physics or related sciences field plus two years of scientific software development experience.
• Experience with programming in Python, Matlab, or R.
• Experience with designing scientific algorithms.
• Experience with advanced and skilled research procedures, including advanced data collection, analysis, and report writing skills.

• Experience in technical scientific software development and multiscale biophysics modeling.

• Ample paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, parental leave, and holidays.
• Comprehensive insurance options including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Employee & dependent scholarship program to pursue higher education.
• Generous retirement plans with university match.

$55,450/year minimum

Note:

Sponsorship will not be offered for this position.

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