Skills

Communication Python JavaScript Research Data collection A/B Testing Training Machine Learning AWS Software Development FastAPI Web Development Android

Job Specifications

Source One is a consulting services company and we're currently looking for the following individual to work as a consultant to our direct client, an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company in Los Altos, CA.

** We are unable to work with third party companies for this role.

Title: Senior Research Software Engineer - Human Behavior and Carbon Neutrality (Contract)

Pay Range: $100/hr - $161/hr (W-2) plus benefits (see below)

Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00am-5:00pm PST, remote with preference given to Bay Area candidates

Job description: Partner across disciplines to create new interactive prototypes and support human subjects research data collection. In this role, you will build custom web apps (front and back-end) and the back end for mobile applications (iOS, Android) and will also support A/B testing and AI/ML model training and deployment.

We're looking for someone with 5+ years of software development experience in a research setting, including expertise in AWS, FastAPI, JavaScript, and Python.

Responsibilities:

- Work with scientists and engineers to design and build systems that support research goals.

- Assist research teams in developing their project's schedule.

- Iteratively develop user interfaces that showcase research concepts.

- Interface with other engineering teams to coordinate software development, utilize AWS infrastructure, and ensure software meets information security requirements.

- Manage your time across projects.

- Grow with other research software engineers on the HCAl team.

Requirements:

- 5+ years of software development experience in a research setting (academic or industry)

- AWS experience (e.g., ECS, S3, CDK/Cloudformation, Sagemaker, DynamoDB)

- Experience building APIs using Python frameworks, including FastAPI

- Experience with front/back-end web development, including JavaScript and Python

- Experience with machine learning libraries

- A prototyping mindset - building solutions that are "good enough" to answer a steady stream of scientific questions

- Ability to work independently in a collaborative, interdisciplinary team environment, with excellent visual, verbal, and written communication skills; comfortable receiving and incorporating constructive feedback

Benefits:

- PTO and paid holidays

- Pre-tax commuter benefits

- Employer Subsidized healthcare benefits

- Flexible Spending Account for healthcare-related costs

- Covers all costs for short- and long-term disability and life insurance

- 401k package

About the Company

Source One Technical Solutions is a leading provider of professionals for consulting opportunities in the areas of Information Technology, Scientific and Engineering. We service clients in the Pharmaceutical, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Retail & Manufacturing, and Health Care industries. Our strength lies in our in-depth client analysis and employee selection process enabling us to accurately assess our employee's skills and successfully match them to our client's needs. In addition, our senior-level recruiting s... Know more