Programmer Analyst

Site: The General Hospital Corporation

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

Summary-Responsible for extracting knowledge and insights from data in order to investigate business/operational problems through a range of data preparation modeling analysis and/or visualization techniques.
Essential Functions-Collects analyzes and reports data to support decisions on day-to-day operations strategic planning and/or specific business performance issues.
-Collates models interprets and analyzes data.
-Explains variances and trends in data.
-Identifies and documents enhancements to modeling techniques.
-Completes thorough quality assurance procedures ensuring accuracy reliability trustworthiness and validity of work.
-Performs data validation of source-to-target data for data visuals and dashboards.

Education

• B.S. in Computer Science Mathematics Data Science Statistics Computational Biology or related field

**When applying please include a cover letter along with your resume. Applications that do not include both components will NOT be considered.**

Experience
Job Qualifications Include the following:

• Demonstrated experience with Python R JavaScript or similar scripting language
• Familiarity with software development focused on performance and efficient resource utilization
• Basic familiarity with C/C and ability to expand expertise
• Comfortable with cross-platform software development (macOS Windows and Linux)
• Quick to learn new technologies and scientific concepts

One or more of the following desired but not required:

• Interest in medicine health policy and/or public health
• Professional development experience with C/C or other general purpose programming language
• Web app GUI and/or data visualization development experience
• Experience developing software that utilizes parallel computing techniques
• High performance cluster computing experience
• Linux/Windows systems administration
• Experience in computational statistics Bayesian methods and/or probability theory

Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Healthcare knowledge particularly as it pertains to electronic medical record data is preferred but not required.
- Working knowledge of relational databases SQL data visualization and Business Intelligence tools such as Tableau.
- Knowledge and application of statistical analyses including variance analysis and statistical significance are preferred.
- Project management skills and/or experience are a plus.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Word Excel and PowerPoint.

Do you want the code you write to have global social impact To work on projects that are directly focused on improving human health Our research group at Massachusetts General Hospital seeks a talented motivated full-time scientific programmer/software developer to join our team. We collaborate with health organizations and research groups around the world to inform health policy by using simulation models to project health outcomes and conduct clinical and public health decision analyses including cost-effectiveness probabilistic sensitivity and value of information analyses. We work on a wide variety of projects focusing on both infectious diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS tuberculosis and congenital cytomegalovirus) and non-communicable diseases (e.g. diabetes health impacts of e-cigarettes/smoking). As a programmer in our group you will have the opportunity to learn about public health issues while using your software skills to help solve global health problems.

Interested candidates should apply via applying please include a cover letter along with your resume. Applications that do not include both components will NOT be considered.**

For more information regarding our group please visit .

As part of a small team of programmers embedded within a public health and health policy research group you may contribute to a variety of programming and software development tasks including for example:

Developing and maintaining decision-analytic simulation models across the lifespan for HIV tuberculosis diabetes cardiovascular disease congenital cytomegalovirus ANCA-associated vasculitis e-cigarette use and/or smoking through:
o Coding debugging and testing new features
o Optimizing models with a focus on speed and memory usage
o Developing user interfaces for model input/output
o Consulting with research personnel on model structure and parameterization
Developing new and existing user interfaces web apps and data analysis/visualization tools
Meeting regularly with research personnel to devise innovative and scientifically appropriate solutions to modeling and data analysis challenges
Working with research personnel to identify workflow issues and develop technical solutions such as automated scripts or improved user interfaces
Serving as a technical liaison for external collaborators and model developers
Contributing to grant proposals by consulting on technical/programming aspects
Contributing to and acting as co-author on scientific manuscripts and publications (if interested)
Producing documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
Assisting researchers with software-related questions and issues including tasks related to Linux/Windows system administration and high-performance computing cluster usage

Duties will be carried out primarily in a typical office environment with the potential option for some remote work. We value work-life balance and hours will be a standard 40 hours per week from Monday-Friday. Hours outside the 9-5 workday may be required on occasion particularly around external deadlines for grants or manuscripts.

Onsite

100 Cambridge Street

40

Regular

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

$63648.00 - $90750.40/Annual

Grade

6

At Mass General Brigham we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive and any offer extended will take into account your skills relevant experience if applicable education certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation addition to competitive base pay we offer comprehensive benefits career advancement opportunities differentials premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.

1200 The General Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religious creed national origin sex age gender identity disability sexual orientation military service genetic information and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at .