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Axle

Computer Programmer

Rockville, MDFrom $135kmidAdded today

About this role

Axle seeks a Computer Programmer to support the National Cancer Institute at NIH, maintaining and enhancing critical research management systems including the Scientific Coding System, SMART, and NCI Funded Research Portfolio. The role involves troubleshooting production issues, developing software enhancements, managing data integration across NIH systems, and ensuring federal security compliance.

What you'll do

  • Maintain, enhance, and modernize NCI's Scientific Coding System, SMART, and NCI Funded Research Portfolio applications
  • Troubleshoot production issues, application errors, and performance problems in multi-user environments
  • Develop, test, debug, and deploy software fixes, upgrades, and system enhancements
  • Integrate, validate, and migrate data across NIH and NCI systems; customize reporting for grant analysis
  • Configure and maintain IRDB and NCI I2E process scripts in response to eRA and IMPAC II changes
  • Remediate security vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with federal security requirements and FIPS standards

What they're looking for

  • Software development and debugging across multiple programming languages
  • Database analysis, data management, and system integration
  • NIH IMPAC II and NCI I2E DM database structures
  • Application deployment, configuration management, and release management
  • Federal information security and FIPS standards compliance
  • Production application support and troubleshooting
  • Script development and automation
  • NIH grants management and budget-reporting processes

Benefits

  • 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Paid time off and paid holidays
  • 401(k) match up to 5%
  • Educational benefits for career growth
  • Flexible spending accounts (healthcare, parking, dependent care, transportation)
  • Employee referral bonus
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Axle

Axle is a bioscience and IT company that builds data pipelines, identity management systems, and computational platforms supporting biomedical research, clinical data integration, and pharmaceutical innovation. The company is hiring Quality Assurance Engineers, Data Engineers, Computer Programmers, Bioinformatics Engineers, and AI/ML Scientists to develop scalable, secure infrastructure and advanced analytics capabilities for research organizations and NIH-funded initiatives.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe your experience maintaining and troubleshooting complex production applications in a multi-user environment.
  • Tell us about your experience with NIH IMPAC II and NCI I2E systems, and how you've configured or maintained related scripts.
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