R Developer with Life Science Background

About the role

This position is for an R Developer with a life‑science background, based in Chile. The role sits at the intersection of software engineering, data science, and biology, creating production‑grade R‑based tools that support drug discovery, clinical trials and biomedical analytics.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high‑quality R and Shiny applications supporting biological and clinical data analysis workflows.
• Process, analyze, and visualise complex life‑science datasets, ensuring accuracy, reproducibility and usability.
• Build and maintain reusable R packages and data‑processing components for scalable analytics.
• Collaborate with scientists, bioinformaticians and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Develop interactive visualisation tools and support deployment of production‑grade applications in cloud or distributed environments.
• Use version control systems such as Git to manage collaborative development and code quality.

Required profile

• Strong proficiency in R programming with hands‑on experience in production settings.
• Experience working with biological, clinical or life‑science data, including analysis and visualisation.
• Proven ability to build web applications using R Shiny or JavaScript.
• Experience creating, maintaining and documenting R packages.
• Solid understanding of life‑science concepts such as molecular biology, genomics or clinical research (highly desirable).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with scientific stakeholders.

Required skills

• R
• Shiny
• JavaScript
• Git
• Building and documenting R packages
• Cloud or distributed environment experience