Senior Bioinformatics Engineer

● Design, develop and maintain various Bioinformatics solutions for analyzing and managing Biological data as per our best practices and quality standards.

● Collaborate with Product Management and Software Engineers, to build bioinformatics solutions.

● Produce high quality and detailed documentation for all projects.

● Provide consultation and technical solutions to cross functional bioinformatics projects.

● Identify and/or conceive novel approaches to better and more efficiently analyze client and public datasets.

● Participate in defining the high-level application architecture for future roadmap requirements and features.

● Coach other team members by sharing domain and technical knowledge and code reviews.

● Participate in activities such hiring and onboarding.

● Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the bioinformatics software and analytical pipelines development lifecycle.

● Ensure compliance with our SDLC process during product development.

● Stay up-to-date on technology to deliver quality at each phase of the product life-cycle. You take leadership in evangelizing technical excellence within the team.

What do you bring to the table?

● Ph.D. degree with 3-5+ years of postdoc or industrial experience or Masters Degree with 5-8+ years of industrial experience in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Bioengineering, Computational Biology or related field

● Excellent programming skills in Python and Shell scripting

● Experience with Relational database such as PostgreSQL, mySQL or Oracle

● Experience with version control systems such as GitHub.

● Experience with Linux/UNIX/Mac OS X based systems

● Experience with high-performance Linux cluster and cloud computing (AWS is preferred).

● Deep understanding of analytical approaches and tools for genomic data analysis along with familiarity with genomic databases. Candidates with proven expertise in the analysis of NGS data generated on sequencing platforms such as Illumina, Oxford Nanopore, or Thermo will be prioritized.

● Experience with open source bioinformatics tools and publicly available variant databases.

● Ability to manage moderately complex projects and initiatives.

● Exceptionally strong communication, data presentation and visualization skills.

● Personal initiative and ability to work effectively with in a cross functional team.

● Excellent communication skills and ability to learn and work independently when necessary.

● High energy and inquisitive and strong attention to detail