Bioinformatics Software Engineer II- Remote, USA

Compensation: $111,000-$140,000 per year (CA minimum= $118,657.43 per year). You are eligible to a Short-Term Incentive Plan with the target at 7.5% of your annual earnings, terms and conditions apply.   Bioinformatics Software Engineer II – Remote, USA    As a member of Ambry’s Bioinformatics group, you’ll be responsible for engineering, deploying, and maintaining our bioinformatics pipeline, with additional opportunities for development in our reporting applications. This work will entail close interaction with a cross-functional team of bioinformaticians, software engineers, wet lab scientists, and clinicians with the goal of launching new products and improvements. In addition to writing code and fulfilling needed tickets, the successful candidate will design technical solutions with the bioinformatics and IT operations teams, participate in scrum ceremonies, and work with stakeholders to understand workflows and requests.   Essential Functions

• Drive technical solutions to problems, including end-to-end process flow from ideation to release, and estimating time and complexity
• Design and develop custom software according to ticket specifications
• Act as a role model for the team, settings standards for excellence and mentoring junior engineers
• Provide clear and consistent feedback on code reviews
• Meet with clients, partners, product owners, or other stakeholders to understand and clarify workflows and requirements
• Highlight blockers or issues arising during development to resolve in a timely manner
• Monitor process and log information, troubleshooting issues as needed
• Other duties as assigned.

  Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (5+ years work experience), Master’s degree (2+ years’ work experience), or PhD degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or a related field or equivalent work experience
• Proficient in Python coding
• Intermediate-to-advanced experience working in Linux environments (e.g. compiling programs from source, performing text manipulations with pipes)
• Intermediate-to-advanced experience in relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server)
• Proficiency with software engineering best practices, including git version control, unit testing, and documentation
• Knowledge of next-generation sequencing technologies and standard bioinformatics data formats (e.g., FASTQ, BAM, VCF, GTF)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  

Preferred

• Experience with cloud computing environment (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Knowledge of PHP (e.g. Symfony framework), Javascript, React, or Perl
• Familiarity with Atlassian suite applications (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket)
• Knowledge of clinical genetics databases (e.g., Clinvar, HGMD) and HGVS sequence variant nomenclatures
• Prior experience in biology and/or an understanding of mutation analysis
• Creating and developing Docker containers
• Experience developing APIs
• Experience with CI/CD (e.g. Bamboo, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline)

  About Us:  

Ambry Genetics Corporation is a CAP-accredited and CLIA-licensed molecular genetics laboratory based in Aliso Viejo, California. We are a genetics-based healthcare company that is dedicated to open scientific exchange so we can work together to understand and treat all human disease faster.

At Ambry, everyone is welcome. A career at Ambry Genetics is a chance to be part of a dynamic company that aims to improve health by understanding the relationships between genetics and human disease. We earned our reputation as industry leaders by responsibly introducing cutting-edge genetic testing solutions and continually sharing what we learn with the global scientific community.

At Ambry you will be learning, challenging yourself, and having fun while collaborating with teammates through the open exchange of ideas.  Our outstanding benefits program includes medical, dental, vision, 401k with a 4% employer match, FSA, paid sick leave and generous paid time off (PTO) program. The Company reserves the right to make changes to the 401k plan from time to time. You can learn more about the benefits here