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CareSet Systems

Mid-level SQL PHP Developer

Houston, TX · On-site

$65K/yr

Familiar with Linux, especially Ubuntu variants * Not offended by Transformers pajama bottoms * Comfortable coding in PHP * Familiar with Laravel specifically It would be nice if you: * Have ...

Venus Aerospace

Linux Systems Engineer

Houston, TX · On-site

Required : • 3-5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration (RHEL, Ubuntu, or similar) • Experience integrating Linux systems into Windows environments (Active Directory, LDAP, SSO) • ...

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Mid-level SQL PHP Developer

CareSet Systems

Houston, TX • On-site

$65K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 3 days ago

Job description

Company Description
Careset Systems (https://careset.com) - the nation's first vendor with access to 100% Medicare claims - decodes Medicare claims data to guide new drug launches for pharmaceutical companies. CareSet also works with research arm DocGraph to create, maintain, and improve open healthcare datasets, and in 4Q 2016 released data as part of Vice President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
Job Description
Use LAMP to Hack Healthcare
Are you interested in working in Health IT?
Come work with Fred Trotter, the author of "Hacking Healthcare" arguably the world's leading health IT expert. We build products that decode Medicare claims data to guide new drug launches for pharmaceutical companies.
If you are comfortable with Laravel(PHP) and SQL (specifically MariaDB/MySQL) and you want to break into the lucrative field of Health IT, this is clearly the best opportunity to do that.
Qualifications
  • 2-4 years experience with SQL and SQL performance
  • Able to handle basic MySQL admin tasks (setup replication, backup, etc.)
  • Familiar with Linux, especially Ubuntu variants
  • Not offended by Transformers pajama bottoms
  • Comfortable coding in PHP
  • Familiar with Laravel specifically

It would be nice if you:
  • Have experience with javascript
  • Have experience with d3.js
  • Have experience with graph databases like neo4j
  • Hadoop/PIG would be lovely
  • MongoDB is great
  • Data science, statistics and/or graph analysis would be great as well

Additional Information
Compensation: $65k+

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