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Are you a nerd who can talk to people? Do you enjoy teaching others and solving problems? Prometheus Research is looking for exceptional recent college graduates to join its Analyst Group as Junior Analysts. You will be trained in database theory and design principles, technical writing, and project management as a precursor to advancing to the Analyst position (where you will apply this knowledge to consult on custom data management systems for top biomedical researchers).

An ideal candidate will demonstrate solid analytical thinking and an eye for identifying missing details in others' explanations. Impressive communication and interpersonal skills are a must. Familiarity with biomedical or behavioral research is a plus.
This is a full-time training position at our office in New Haven, Connecticut, conveniently located just steps from the New Haven town green. Flexible schedules and telecommuting options are available once training is complete.

Compensation starts at $40K/year, plus benefits and project-based bonuses. Our company is dedicated to learning and professional growth, and rapid advancement is available within the first year.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.A., B.S., or equivalent degree
• Outstanding oral and written English communication skills
• Adaptability to change and a willingness to seek increased responsibilities
• Ability to succinctly communicate complex concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• A self-starter, able to work independently on multiple projects, and to balance priorities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with modern Macintosh operating systems and applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in a scientific or computer-related field
• Demonstrable leadership experience
• Experience with tutoring and/or with teaching others, especially in a technical role
• Familiarity with web technologies and languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or SAS (intermediate to advanced user level)

The Research Data Manager will support a major biomedical research effort, by maintaining a high quality data-set as it rapidly grows, and by making the data available to researchers and other users.

Areas of Responsibility

• Design and implement procedures to insure the overall cleanliness, consistency, and accessibility of the research data stored in a web- based collaboration database
• Produce reports that communicate the status of data collection efforts to various stakeholders
• Produce documentation describing the data to end-users
• Produce raw data sets for input into statistical analysis packages
• Conduct basic statistical quality checks on key variables to detect outliers and patterns suggesting large differences among sites or interviewers.
• Communicate user requests to the software development team, and help evaluate the developer's efforts to improve the user experience and to streamline data management

Required Qualifications

• 3 years experience with managing basic research or clinical trial data
• MA in a behavioral or biological science, or in statistics, or equivalent experience
• Good working knowledge of a statistical package such as SAS or SPSS
• Excellent knowledge of Excel
• Some experience with designing and querying relational databases (e.g., using MS Access or FileMaker)
• Ability to quickly learn new software tools, and an interest in doing so (yes, we're looking for nerds)
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated experience communicating directly with scientists (our customers)

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with behavioral research methods and data
• Experience with genetic research methods and data
• PhD in a behavioral or biological science, or in statistics
• Specialization in statistics and research methods
• Intermediate knowledge of relational database design and querying

This is a full-time salaried position. Compensation is expected to be between $55K-$80K, commensurate with experience.

Do you enjoy working with people AND working with data? If so, Prometheus Research, LLC, is looking to expand its Data Management Team with a Research Project Coordinator. This high profile position assists renowned biomedical researchers throughout the process of obtaining phenotype data and DNA from our client's rapidly growing research repository. The work supports an unprecedented multi-center collaboration -- the Simons Simplex Collection -- to build a publicly-available source of research-quality genetic and phenotypic data on families impacted by simplex idiopathic autism.

Areas of Responsibility

• Serve as project liaison to key stakeholders
• Coordinate, review, and process researchers' requests for repository access
• Support researchers (e.g., geneticists and clinicians seeking phenotype data and/or DNA) through the various stages of the request process
• Oversee and maintain work queues at each stage of request process
• Provide administrative and reporting support to the Research Director

Minimum Qualifications

• B.A., B.S., or equivalent degree
• 2 to 3 years relevant work experience
• Outstanding oral and written English communication skills
• Strong analytical, organizational, and planning skills
• Deadline and detail oriented
• Ability to succinctly communicate complex concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• A self-starter, able to work independently on multiple projects, and to balance priorities
• Able to quickly learn (and to help define) new tools and processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate-level work in social or biological sciences, or in statistics, or equivalent work experience
• Demonstrated proficiency with handling large research data sets
• Degree in a scientific or computer-related field, or work-experience that demonstrates a high level of competence with Information Technology
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, especially MS Excel
• Proficiency with R, SAS, or other statistical environments

Compensation is competitive, commensurate with experience, and includes benefits.

We seek a senior Python/PostgreSQL backend software developer to complement our team. Prometheus Research provides data management services to genetic research laboratories and clinics studying childhood autism. Our software product, RexDB, provides a collaboration framework for scientific research and is currently deployed at over 13 research institutions including Yale, Harvard, U Michigan, and UCLA.

Our team is small and growing rapidly, you will have an opportunity to participate in a great many roles:

• Providing database analysis and design expertise to our business analyst team, turning their prototypes into scalable data structures;
• Collaborating with business analysts to construct comprehensive sample data sets and regression tests for new and existing work;
• Developing server-side business logic to support medical research workflow and data management policies;
• Documenting a clear API to backend logic so that user interface developers are able to successfully incorporate new functionality;
• Performing data analysis and automating data migration from prior versions of our own software and from various legacy systems;
• Participating as a peer reviewer and as a mentor to junior developers; and
• Supporting your software with full life-cycle engineering including timely bug fixes, security and penetration testing, end-user documentation, and final-tier technical support.

Our work environment is primarily virtual with heavy reliance upon IRC, subversion, and a home-grown project tracking system. A substantial amount of our work, when not directly competing with our business model, is released under an (BSD-style) open source license. Since regular contact with business analysts is required for this position, we prefer candidates local to New Haven, CT, however those within a few hours commute will be considered. Once per month we have a several-day dedicated, on-site technology seminar where your presence will be required. Those with demonstrated experience in collaborative open source development will be given special consideration.

Prometheus Research is a dynamic, fast-growing software company focused on delivering software solutions to medical researchers. We are looking for a developer to automate the quality assurance testing and documentation generation for our on-line database application. The primary responsibility is to serve as a conduit between application developers and business analysts, converting requirements into regression tests and test data. The secondary role is to automate the construction of our user manual, generating a custom document reflecting each client's research data structure and application modules.

Required Qualifications:
• One or more years experience with GUI regression testing (Selenium)
• Three or more years of Python programming experience*
• Three or more years of Web development (HTML, Javascript)
• Strong written communication; effective personal organization
• Ability to sniff out edge cases, construct effective data and tests

Desired Qualifications (in order of importance):

• Prior work in an distributed team environment (irc, trac, subversion)
• Ability to coordinate effort between business analysts and developers
• Prior work with automated document construction (e.g. Docbook)
• Experience documenting requirements and constructing user manuals
• Knowledge of the biomedical research terminology and processes

This is a full-time salaried position with benefits. Compensation will be commensurate with experience; we expect the right candidate to be in the $55-$75K range. We are flexible about working schedules, and are open to telecommuting options. The entire software development team works remotely; ability to travel to New Haven, CT for occasional meetings is desirable.

Easy is hard. Simple is harder. Invisible is hardest." - Jean-Louis Gassee

If you agree, then you might be exactly the kind of person we're looking for to help improve our web application's user experience.
Prometheus Research is a rapidly growing software and consulting house whose technology is transforming the way biomedical researchers manage and share their data. We need your help to make this technology even better by increasing its usability, intuitiveness, and attractiveness (roughly in that order).

As a member of the Research Informatics division, you will be responsible for utilizing common tools and practices to improve the Prometheus user experience in a collaborative, agile environment with client-facing colleagues. Typical tasks will include:
Working hand-in-hand with business analysts to construct custom UI solutions that support complex biomedical and clinical research activities (screens, wizards, workflows, reports, etc.)

Collaborating with ...

• R&D developers to ensure interoperability with back-end components
• QA staff to ensure proper testability of your work products

Assisting with ...

• Human factors analysis
• Workflow analysis
• Wireframing and storyboarding

The results of your work will be production-quality Web 2.0 screens that allow our clients to interact with and manipulate administrative, logistical, and research data.

Minimum Qualifications

• Expert proficiency with coding HTML, CSS & JS for multi-browser use
• 3-5 years relevant web-development experience (non-manager)
• Outstanding oral and written English communication skills
• Ability to succinctly communicate complex concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• A self-starter, able to work independently or with minimal supervision on multiple projects, and to balance priorities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Adaptability to change and a willingness to seek increased responsibilities
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Desired Qualifications (in order of importance)

• High or expert proficiency with jQuery and/or Jinja
• Demonstrable experience with Human Factors Analysis as it pertains to software UIs
• Experience with Selenium

This is a full-time salaried position at our office in New Haven, Connecticut, conveniently located near Yale, shopping, and public transportation. Compensation is competitive, commensurate with experience, and includes benefits. We are flexible about working schedules, and are open to limited telecommuting options (you will be required to be on site at least two days per week.

Prometheus is seeking intellectually curious undergraduates to participate in a summer internship program. The Research Informatics Internship program is an excellent choice for undergraduates interested in continuing on to graduate school; interns will have the chance to help scientists across the country accomplish research goals. Interns will learn client communication and project management skills by assisting our Analyst team on data modeling projects. Interns will also work with the Operations team, assisting on projects that may include test automation, graphic design, and technical writing.

Successful interns will be offered continuing part-time employment during the school year, allowing them to continue to reap the financial and cultural benefits of firm membership. In addition, opportunities may arise for interns to continue their relationship with Prometheus Research after graduation. Whatever the career path an intern may choose, the internship program will help develop a set of skills that are applicable in a variety of contexts.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Adaptability to change and a willingness to seek increased responsibilities
• Ability to succinctly communicate complex concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Self-starter, able to work independently on multiple projects, and to balance priorities
• Experience with modern Macintosh operating systems and applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Concentration in a scientific or computer-related field
• Experience with tutoring and/or teaching others, especially in a technical role
• Familiarity with web technologies and languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or SAS (intermediate to advanced user levels)

Internship Details:

Start date: 6/7/2010

End date: 8/13/2010

Hours: 40 hours per week

Compensation: $3,500

Please submit your resume and cover letter to henry@prometheusresearch.com. Application deadline is 5/7/2010.