Build a Web-based desktop with a jQuery UI, and a PHP and Web services back end.

You will take over development of a web-based desktop that integrates multiple application services for scientists and researchers. The desktop, which uses a windowing metaphor with direct manipulation and visual alerts, will be extended with a range of new applications essential for scientists.

We are a venture funded, startup company dedicated to building advanced discovery and knowledge management services for (life) scientists. Our founding team is from very diverse backgrounds such as biology, computer science, and linguistics. Our company was founded on the observation that individual scientists have too much to read and understand, and also no convenient way to combine and evaluate existing information into potentially valuable new knowledge.

We are building web-based services and web applications, partly freely available, partly subscription-based, that will assist the individual researcher in exploring the knowledge space of his interest. An example would be a biologist who has been building expertise for several years on a few proteins that are potentially involved in the onset of a certain disease. The scientist is interested not only in reading anything available on the relevant proteins and diseases, but would also be interested in emerging associations that have not yet been proven but are highly likely based on the information contained in diverse literature.

We are a US-based company with employees both in the USA and Europe. The majority of our development team is located in our Rockville, MD office. The main ideas and algorithms have been developed over the past few years at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. As there is a strong connection with the academic world, we have first-hand insight in the needs and requirements of our scientific users.

• Strong Javascript skills, and experience with JQuery
• PHP experience
• Talented Web developer

• Experience working as part of a distributed team and with agile development processes is a plus

Compensation will be based on the skills and experience of the candidate. This position can be located anywhere.

Please register here and upload your resume. Include in your conversation your availability to begin and the number of hours per week you are available. Also include your hourly or weekly rate. We will offer candidates a paid trial. Those who successfully complete the trial will be offered a long-term contract.