BioRAFT Simplifying Laboratory Safety & Compliance

About BioRAFT

BioRAFT is a community driven web-based application providing solutions to the scientific research community through collaborative ideas, development, & cost sharing. Founded by researchers, for researchers – BioRAFT supports researchers by enabling them to focus on their research.

BioRAFT is a web based application that is used in universities and pharmaceutical research centers across the country.  Our platform  organizes users, provides web-based training, adds tools for safety and compliance management, and streamlines lengthy processes.  In short, we make safety sexy.  Our development focus is on scalability, performance, and security.

We are a small but expanding team of dedicated individuals who are crazy about developing kick-ass web based solutions for researchers. 

Why work for us?

1. We work hard, and play hard.  We pay well, give great benefits, and support your need for a flexible work schedule.
2. There is no dead weight to carry. We run a lean, energetic work environment with only the brightest allowed. We are rapidly scaling up our team with only the absolute best candidates.
3. We empower our engineers to make an impact.  As a developer you will drive from the front-seat our product direction, technical strategy, implementation choices, and operational decisions.

Job Description

In this role, you will actively take part in driving the architecture, design, and development of our flagship product.  You will participate in a wide variety of projects, from developing brand-new customer facing functionality, to refactoring and optimizing the nuts and bolts of our internal platform.  You should love the challenge of making your code as scalable, efficient, and secure as possible; while at the same time being able to make intelligent trade-offs in the interest of time-to-market.  You know how to have fun and still get things done.

As a small company we rely heavily on the dependability and initiative of our employees to get work done under sometimes aggressive deadlines.  We are a small team, and the ability to cooperate and communicate is an absolute must.  You will be expected to make and suggest decisions regarding both your code and others.  You will need to be comfortable both giving and receiving honest and direct feedback.

Last but not least, we expect you to grow in your career.  We are a young company and the lines of responsibility are often blurred.  We want people that are excited about the opportunity to do and learn things that may be outside their normal areas of expertise.  If you’ve ever said “that’s not my job”, or pointed a finger when something failed - walk away now.

Requirements:

• Minimum three to five years of Web development experience
• Bachelors degree in computer science or a related field.  Masters preferred
• Fluency in PHP, MySQL, CSS and jQuery / JavaScript
• Results oriented with an extremely strong customer focus
• Passion for building highly scalable systems in a fast paced, team-oriented environment
• Ability to check your ego at the door, and participate in clear-headed brainstorming sessions and arguments for the better of the product, not your own self-esteem
• Good sense of humor and ability to stay relaxed and have fun
• Strong attention to detail
• An individual who is eligible to work in the United States (no outsourced development or B2B arrangements will be considered)

Additional Requirements:

• Prior development experience on large-scale web application project(s)
• Hands-on expertise in many disparate web technologies, ranging from front-end user interfaces through back-end systems and all points in between
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices, and experience influencing best practices within development teams
• Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective, productive software engineers (our team will be growing)
• Familiarity with Linux and full LAMP stack maintenance
• Experience with Perl, or other server-side scripting languages
• Experienced and knowledgeable regarding web and database performance optimization tools and best practices
• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts
• Desire to step up, self-start, and to do what needs to be done – not be told what to do, but tell others what you should be doing
• Street smarts and willingness to roll up your sleeves and get dirty to get a job done