Join Our Team

Epernicus is growing and we're looking for help! We're a Boston-area start-up (Harvard and MIT roots) founded in 2008 by four passionate entrepreneurs with medical and software backgrounds. Our customers are world-class companies and non-profits doing cutting-edge medical research (Genzyme, the Broad Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, to name a few...). Our software products will positively impact healthcare for hundreds of millions of people.

Web Application Developer – Boston Area (Needham)

We're looking for a smart and creative web application developer who writes clean code, communicates effectively, and is motivated by building meaningful and mission-critical products. As web application developer, you will play an instrumental role in the design and implementation of our suite of enterprise products. This position reports to our CTO. We offer competitive compensation (commensurate with experience) and early stage equity.

The ideal candidate has:

  • Solid technical fundamentals (likely CS or Math background).
  • Significant experience building production web applications (Ruby on Rails a plus).
  • Strong SQL skills.
  • A passion for clean code and clear naming conventions.
  • A drive to design and build highly usable software.

To apply, please email your resume to careers@epernicus.com, along with a solution to the following exercise: Write code, in your choice of language, that takes as input a string and integer shift and returns that string encoded using a basic Caesar cipher.

Technical Consultant – Boston Area (Needham)

We’re looking for a smart, thorough and enthusiastic technical consultant to join our team. As technical consultant, you will work closely with our customers to make them successful with our platform and thrilled to be working with us. We offer competitive compensation (commensurate with experience) and early stage equity.

The ideal candidate has:

  • A passion for customer service.
  • Solid technical fundamentals.
  • Strong communication skills (both written and verbal).
  • A drive to design and deliver highly usable technology solutions.
  • Experience with clinical research or health information systems a plus.

To apply, please email your resume to careers@epernicus.com, along with a sample of your work. Ideas for a sample: a web application you've built; a spec, whitepaper or academic paper you've written.