C/C++ Software Developer

Overview Ariadne seeks a talented C++ Programmer to develop and maintain an indexing engine and a web content delivery framework. The engine processes and makes searchable terabytes of rapidly growing biomedical information. The web portal system handles over 10 million hits from 1 million unique users every day. Both are high-performance, multi-threaded, distributed software systems running on hundreds of Linux-based servers at National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. Responsibilities Design and development of business-logic and presentation components for the NIH web portal System performance optimization Development of algorithms for analyzing large volumes of biological data Design and support of databases for storing genomic and other biological information Qualifications 5+ years of related software development experience Hands-on C and C++ development experience, STL OO knowledge and programming experience in C++ Hands-on Web development experience on Linux/Unix, CGI, HTML/CSS, JavaScript Flexibility and ability to learn and use new technologies Ability to work well in a team environment as well as independently and get things done Extremely Beneficial Database design/development experience, SQL XML/XSLT knowledge and experience Experience designing/building any application framework Multi-threaded programming experience Cross-platform Linux/Unix, Windows programming experience Experience in writing Unix shell, Python or Perl scripts Information retrieval and text indexing experience Beneficial Experience with any Web application development frameworks Background in biology or bioinformatics Distributed systems Network programming Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar is required Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent is preferred Additional Information Competitive salary depends on skills and experience Excellent benefits package No telecommuting Several positions are available with the following responsibilities: design and development of business-logic and presentation components for NIH web portal, system performance optimization, development of algorithms for analyzing large volumes of biological data, and design and support of databases for storing genomic and other biological information. #J-18808-Ljbffr