Front-end Software Engineer, Biotech / Image Processing

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) is a global research organization dedicated to bringing new medicines rapidly into the clinic. Our work is directed by patient need and driven by cutting-edge science.

We have a position open in a software and informatics group to develop digital image processing applications which enable visualization and analysis of high-content screening microscopy data.

If you join, you will be:

  • collaborating with end user scientists and other engineers
  • empowered and supported to do high quality engineering along the full software development lifecycle
  • implementing front end web application features for image browsing and rendering; building an image rendering web component for integration with TIBCO Spotfire
  • encouraged to adapt the projects to fit your own interests

To be successful, you must be:

  • a good programmer
  • passionate about your work
  • proactive, motivated, and interested in learning new skills
  • an excellent communicator
  • excited about and proficient in some of: JavaScript language and ecosystem, front-end web application development

About NIBR

There is no greater privilege than to work towards bettering human health, and no more exciting arena in which to do so than through discovery of new medicines. Drug discovery is today’s frontier of science. The interface of the chemical, biological, and medical universes is a difficult place to work, worthy of the best minds and most innovative scientists.

The scientific environment at NIBR is open, collegial, collaborative, and entrepreneurial. The breadth of science we encompass is tremendous, embracing the entire spectrum from fundamental to clinical investigation. Academic-, biotech-, and pharmaceutical-trained scientists all can find projects appropriate to their style and aspirations. Some projects are driven by individuals, others by teams; some depend upon advanced screening technologies, and others upon hypothesis-driven research. It is ultimately the talent of the individual that determines the project success, supported by the unique resources of NIBR.

New medicines do not appear overnight. Although Novartis has had more new medicines approved in recent years than other companies, we are not complacent. Our global research organization with Cambridge -based headquarters, our hiring and retaining of top scientific talent, and our novel approaches to drug discovery all attest to our commitment to deliver new medicines effectively, reliably, and predictably. Together with academia and biotech companies, we intend to forge the new science of drug discovery and develop the paradigms for this scientific frontier.

–Mark C. Fishman, M.D., President of NIBR

About NIBR Informatics

We are in a new era of informatics for scientific research. Scientific advances are challenging all aspects of computing, from data analysis to global collaboration. NIBR is making a strategic investment into informatics capabilities and is positioning itself to deliver the systems and services that are critical to the future of drug discovery. The informatics organization is seeking energetic developers who share our vision that science serves a greater purpose in improving human health.

If interested in this opportunity, please email:

Josh Snyder, Hiring Manager
josh.snyder@novartis.com