[Hiring] Bioinformatics Engineer II @Tempus AI

Role Description

• 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, setting 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 (+ 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-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.

Requirements

• 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).

Benefits

• Pay Range: $90,000 - $140,000 USD.

Company Description

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