Software Developer at RCSB PDB

🇺🇸 Piscataway, New Jersey 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $86K - $125K 💻 Software Engineering 🗓️ September 10th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Software Developer at RCSB PDB. The role involves maintaining and improving database systems, collaborating with scientists and developers on structural biological data, and developing data-intensive scientific applications using database administration and programming skills.

Highlights

Perform weekly updates and monitor performance of PDB archives
Maintain and extend database content types and ensure high availability
Tune indexing and query performance; apply patches and updates to databases
Develop and deploy scientific applications; refactor legacy code
Use Python programming, shell scripting, and database management skills (MySQL, MongoDB, MariaDB)
Ensure data backup, recovery, security, and integrity
Experience preferred with large scientific datasets, cloud and on-premise DBMS environments, and C++ programming
Compensation range: $86,000-$125,000 with flexible and competitive packages
Requires bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or relevant certification
Works within the Quantitative Biomedicine Institute collaborating with wwPDB scientists and software developers