Bioinformatics Engineer II

Bioinformatics Engineer II at Ambry Genetics in United States.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (+ at least 5 years work experience), Master’s degree (+ at least 2 years work experience), or PhD degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or a related field

• Proficient in Python coding
• Intermediate-to-advancedexperience working in Linux environments (e.g. compiling programs from source, performing text manipulations with pipes)
• Intermediate-to-advancedexperience 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)
• 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)

Pay Range: $90,000 - $140,000 USD

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