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Careers at Ratio

We design, build and run mission critical software for health and human services organizations.

About Us

Ratio is a technology consulting company that specializes in helping government agencies and healthcare organizations solve messy data integration challenges.

In partnership with our clients, we:

  • Guide product and technology strategy

  • Design and build resilient software applications

  • Operate and support the systems we've built in production

  • Develop modern product & technology capabilities within clients' organizations

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we've worked in partnership with leading NGOs and public health agencies to build and manage open-source software. Our work has improved the efficiency of public health interventions like contact tracing and case investigation for state and local health departments.

Our typical work schedule is 4-day, 32-hour weeks. While we occasionally stretch outside of that schedule to respond to production incidents or prepare for a product launch, it's important to us to build a resilient organization that works at a sustainable pace (and we encourage you to ask our team about their experience with this in your interview).

We work with organizations ranging from seed-stage digital health startups through state and local public health agencies. We continue to pursue opportunities to help government and healthcare organizations fulfill their important, service-oriented missions, and we're looking for new folks to join us!

Open Positions

Technical Instructor (Contract)

About the role

We're looking for a Technical Instructor to teach Carpentries workshops on R and statistical methods to staff at a state-level public health agency. We expect you'll contribute to the effort 5-10 hours per week for approximately 4-6 weeks starting in March, and be open to the possibility of extending the contract, depending on client needs. There will likely be some prep work too, to be determined.

You will be working with another certified Carpentries instructor to deliver training as part of a data upskilling initiative at a state public health agency. Some existing Carpentries lessons will need to be modified to use public health data in order to make the content highly relatable for the learners. We are looking for someone who can both adapt the existing lessons and deliver them virtually.

About you

  • You should be a certified instructor with The Carpentries. Ideally you should be listed on this page of all certified instructors, but you can also directly provide other proof of certification.
  • You should be proficient with R and git.
  • You should have experience teaching the core R workshops (Programming with R and/or R for Reproducible Scientific Analysis).
  • You should be comfortable teaching other workshops that use R, such as Introduction to Reproducible Publications with Quarto or Statistical Analysis for Public Health.
  • You should have experience teaching core statistical methods, and be comfortable explaining key concepts to a range of experience levels.
  • You should be able to adapt and modify existing Carpentries lessons to align with learner's custom needs.
  • Bonus points if you are a maintainer for a lesson or have adapted/created your own Carpentries lessons!
  • More bonus points if you have experience working with public health data.

The interview process

We will start off by reviewing your resume and cover letter and then schedule a call if we think you may be a good fit. If we decide to proceed, the next round will include conversations with multiple team members. If we decide to contract with you, it will be contingent on passing a background check (see note below). We’ll be in close contact as the process unfolds.

How to apply

Email recruiting@ratiopbc.com with the subject [JOB] Carpentries Technical Instructor - YOUR NAME

  • LinkedIn (if available)
  • GitHub (if available)
  • Why you are interested in the role (1 paragraph)
  • How does your experience make you a good fit for this role (1 paragraph)
  • Include anything else you think would help you stand out
  • Please verify you are located in and eligible to work in the United States
  • Attach your resume

Details

Work Time & Location Expectations

  • Our typical work week is 32 hours over 4 days (Monday - Thursday). We occasionally work outside of this window to respond to production incidents, and we trust you to manage your own schedule, but this is the general expectation of what "full-time" means to us.
  • We are a remote-first company with a nexus in Portland, OR. You are welcome to work from anywhere in the continental US.
  • We offer a flexible vacation policy of 4 weeks paid leave. This means there is no maximum or minimum amount of time that employees may take each year, but four weeks is a good starting point.
  • We offer 9 days of paid sick leave per year.
  • We take 10 paid company holidays per year:
    • New Years Day
    • Martin Luther King Day
    • Presidents’ Day
    • Memorial Day
    • Juneteenth National Independence Day
    • Independence Day
    • Labor Day
    • Indigenous Peoples' Day
    • Thanksgiving Day
    • Christmas Day

Equity Expectations

  • Full-time positions will come with a grant of 0.5% - 0.75% options in Ratio PBC on a standard 4 year vesting schedule with a 1 year cliff.
  • We're a profitable professional services company, not a venture-backed startup, so expectations of equity payout and risk are quite different from the more traditional model. That said, it's important to us that every employee has the opportunity to be an owner, which is why we invest in an employee stock option program.

Health/Financial Benefits

  • We offer several options for health, dental and vision benefit plans and cover 100% of a benchmark HDHP plan for employees, spouses / domestic partners, and dependents.
  • We offer a company-sponsored 401(k) plan with automatic 3% company contribution.

Notes

  • Due to our clients' security policies, we are restricted to hiring employees based in the United States. You will be required to be located in the United States to perform core functions of this job (i.e., accessing production data).
  • We require a background check and may require a drug screening, if mandated by a client.

Don't see the right role for you posted, but still interested in working at Ratio?

Email recruiting@ratiopbc.com with the subject "Talent Pool" and include:

  • Resume / CV
  • LinkedIn (if available)
  • What would you be interested in doing at Ratio, and why would that be a valuable role for us to hire for? (1 paragraph)
  • How does your experience make you a good fit for your proposed role? (1 paragraph)