Dear OCaml Programmers,

I am excited to tell you about a new opportunity to develop OCaml software at The Center for Genomics and Systems Biology (CGSB) at New York University (NYU), located in the heart of Manhattan. The position's main function will be to develop software in the OCaml language to manage, analyze, and display the vast amounts of data generated by next-generation sequencing technologies. NYU's strong commitment to this field is represented by its $100M investment in the brand new CGSB building, which houses the latest sequencing platforms and excellent high performance computing facilities.

You will support the computational needs of several experimental labs by contributing to the following infrastructure:

o A database for tracking samples, very large quantities of raw data and analysis results

o A website for users to submit new samples, monitor progress of their workflow, and visualize data

o A system for distributing batch jobs to a cluster, accounting for dependencies between jobs and cached results

The ideal candidate will be an experienced functional programmer with knowledge of many OCaml libraries and tools, such as database bindings, ocsigen, ocamlnet, batteries, janestreet-core, etc. Experience in the following areas is a plus but not required: bioinformatics, statistics, type theory, distributed computing, and UNIX systems administration.

NYU researchers are using sequencing technologies to investigate basic questions about the nature of life and to address fundamental problems in human health. The very large datasets generated by these technologies pose significant computational challenges for which the robust principles of functional programming are ideally suited.

Please contact me to discuss this position further. Thank you.