Front-end Developer Intern

Job description

About

Epigene Labs ensures cancer drug hunters pilot R&D programs thanks to rich and diverse human genomic data. The company’s technology platform combines artificial intelligence with domain expertise for the aggregation and analysis of multi-dimensional genomic data.

The team initially focuses on the identification of immunotherapy drug targets and biomarkers based on gene expression datasets from multiple public and private databases. Epigene Labs thus aspires to significantly accelerate drug discovery for precision medicine in oncology.

The company is supported by Station F, Agoranov, Cancer Campus, AstraZeneca, and the Harvard Innovation Labs.

Job Description

Epigene Labs is looking for a Front-end developer Intern for a 6-month end-of-studies internship, starting between January and June 2025.

You will work on a project intended to be used internally between the teams to improve our collaboration, with the opportunity to develop a graphical interface from scratch and explore innovative methodologies. This role offers a unique learning experience through close collaboration with software engineers, but also computational biologists, data scientists, and data engineers, providing hands-on involvement in cutting-edge projects.

The idea of an internship at Epigene is to get a foot in the door of the company and to be able to focus on a specific subject during the months of internship with other members of the team. Many of our previous interns have gone on to join the team on permanent contracts.

Preferred Experience

Job skills

Required

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Ability to implement the user interface of a web application using a framework such React or Svelte based on mockups

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Proficiency in Javascript programming, HTML&CSS

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A team player with the ability to also work autonomously, and who has a lifelong learning mindset

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Outstanding interpersonal and English communication skills

Preferred

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Experience with React.js, storybook

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Experience with typing (Typescript, ReScript)

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Experience with functional programming (Lodash, Ramda, ReScript, Scala)

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Experience with testing (e2e, unit tests)

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Experience with version control systems (Git)

Plus

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Experience with Next.js, node.js or Python

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Appetence for design, user experience problematics

Education and experience

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Master’s degree in Software engineering or web development

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Working knowledge of healthcare, biopharma and/or oncology is a plus

Recruitment Process

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Initial fit call with the software engineer lead and/or a senior front-end engineer.

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Technical challenge based on real-world problems to assess collaboration skills

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Meet the leadership team

Additional Information

·  Contract Type: Internship (Between 6 and 6 months)
·  Start Date: 01 January 2025
·  Location: Paris
·  Possible partial remote
·  Salary: 1250 / month