Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention (SCHARP) at Fred Hutch is a full service statistical and data management center focused on HIV prevention research. SCHARP has an annual budget of over $40 million, more than 180 employees and is currently managing over 40 active phase I - III clinical trials in over 150 clinical sites around the world. SCHARP is seeking a Lab Programmer III.

Under general supervision of the Lab Programming Supervisor or Manager, the Lab Programmer III provides programming support for Lab Data Management, reporting, and analysis needs of SCHARP. The Lab Programmer III works in a team environment to support the overall mission of SCHARP. Core to the role is communicating effectively with team members and being responsive to the needs of various constituents inside and outside of the Division.

Responsibilities

May include some or all of the following:

• Gather and document requirements for developing or modifying existing programs and systems and defining file specifications for data transfer and necessary edit checks and transformations to meet user needs.
• Create, setup, test, and maintain Assay data pipelines for analysis.
• Create, setup, test, and maintain Specimen data reconciliation process.
• Work with SCHARP and external lab staff to resolve discrepancies between protocol expectations, case report form data, assay data, and specimen data.
• Create, update, test, and de-bug programs and maintain version control on production programs and scripts.
• Create, test, document, and maintain SCHARP quality control checks.
• Create, test, document, and maintain ad hoc, standard, and study-specific reports.
• Lead development of new or updates to work instructions (WIs) and standardization of processes (SOPs).
• Train external users on data upload procedures and data submission best practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve lab programming-related issues.
• Take initiative and lead team projects in best practices or process improvements.
• Help mentor and advise less experienced team members.
• Apply best programming practices and collaborate with team members.
• Ability to work under pressure and juggle multiple projects.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar degree in a scientific, technical, or health-related field. OR, equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Four years' experience in Python, SAS or any object-oriented programming language on Linux/Unix platform.
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively as part of a project team.
• Ability to learn new programming skills as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic SAS experience.
• Basic JavaScript experience.
• Basic Perl experience.
• Basic Database Design and SQL experience.
• Basic SVN experience or any major source control application.
• Basic JIRA experience or any major ticket tracking application.
• Knowledge of and experience in programming support of clinical trials, statistical programming, or other scientific research programming support.
• Experience reading, parsing and transforming lab instrument data files programmatically.
• Experience reading, parsing and creating Excel files programmatically.
• Knowledge of laboratory procedures for assays, and work with laboratories to receive assay results.
• Understanding of computerized systems validation.

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $93,101 to $139,630, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months).

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