Professional Android and iOS Technical Expert

NextLink is a Swiss IT consultancy company that has been providing both IT services and IT staffing to major customers for the past 20 years.

NextLink is currently looking for a Technical Project Manager to work for a well-known pharma company based in Basel, Switzerland.

THE PROGRAM FOCUS:

- Design digital biomarkers: Define ways to capture clinical outcomes using sensor data collected from smartphones and wearables
- Develop apps and data processing pipeline: Establish processes, software, and infrastructure to handle big data collected from sensors in clinical trials
- Deploy digital biomarkers to clinical studies: Generate data to validate approaches and support decision making
- Analyse and interpret sensor data: Identify signals for disease severity and progression in sensor data collected from patients in trials

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide deep technical expertise on the iOS and Android platforms, specifically with regards to sensor data collection for remote patient monitoring
- Address advanced technical and software engineering challenges that arise during software development (including hands on software development)
- Provide input into requirements for Digital Biomarker remote patient monitoring apps

MUST HAVES:

- Very good university degree (MSc. level or above) in a natural science with significant computational element, computer science, software engineering or similar
- 5+ years mobile software development expertise
- Familiarity with iOS and Android app development, the ecosystems and the latest technologies and trends
- Familiarity with Agile software development methodology (SCRUM preferred)

NICE TO HAVES:

- German speaking
- Working experience in the pharmaceutical, diagnostics or related industry
- Scientific computing/software development background