Senior Bioinformatics & Genomics Data System Engineer

Natera, San Carlos, CA +1

The role

This is an exciting opportunity at Natera (a global leader in precision medicine and genomics testing), for a Senior Bioinformatics & Genomics Data System Engineer position inside our Data Science Production Engineering (DSPE) department. You will have the opportunity to work with Natera's diverse and ultra-large data sets (up to PB size), build bioinformatics & genomics software tools and data systems for the most cutting-edge medical diagnostics and genomics applications, and make real impact by delivering reliable, efficient, high performance solutions to support Natera's Lab Operations and Genetic Counselor/Lab Director teams, and ultimately impact patients' medical outcomes.

What you will do

As a Senior Bioinformatics & Genomics Data System Engineer of our Data Science Production Engineering (DSPE) department, you will contribute directly to the design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, optimization and upgrade of our bioinformatics and genomics software tools and data systems.

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Senior Bioinformatics & Genomics Data System Engineer

Natera, San Carlos, CA +1

The role

What you will do

What you need

Minimal Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degrees preferred.
Minimal 6 years of relevant industry experience for candidates with only a Bachelor's Degree. Minimal 3 years of relevant industry experience for candidates with a Master's Degree. Minimal 2 years of relevant industry experience for candidates with a Doctorate degree.
Minimal 3 years of working experience in a highly regulated environment, e.g., CLIA and/or FDA compliant settings.
Minimal 3 years of working experience in developing bioinformatics or genomics software tools or data systems.
Demonstrable experience in developing and maintaining production-use (i.e., not prototype or research-use) bioinformatics or genomics software tools or data systems.
Demonstrable experience in creating software design specification documents, verification and validation documents, and user manuals for bioinformatics or genomics software tools or data systems.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

Excellent understanding of key bioinformatics and genomics concepts, and NGS technologies.
Excellent Python programming skills, with demonstrable bioinformatics or genomics application and/or automation system development experience.
Excellent understanding of AWS services relevant to bioinformatics and genomics applications.
Working experience with key AWS services, such as Batch, ECS, S3, EC2, HealthOmics, etc., preferably in developing for-production software tools/systems.
Proficient with RDBMS systems such as PostgreSQL and/or MySQL, and demonstrable working experience in for-production database-based application development.
Working experience with bioinformatics and genomics-specific file types, such as BCL, FASTQ, BAM, VCF files.
Working knowledge in optimizing system architecture and individual components for performance, scalability, and/or reliability, especially for genomics-scale data.
Working knowledge in tool/system performance evaluation methods, and familiar with the key factors, such as RAM, Disk IO, Network IO's impact on system/tool's performance, especially for bioinformatics and genomics applications.
Working knowledge in SDLC and software development and testing methodologies.
Working knowledge in Linux command line skills, and past Linux application development experience.
Proficiency in Git workflow and version control systems like GitHub and/or GitLab.
Past experience in developing automation solutions.
Preferred but not required: IaC skills and experiences, such as CloudFormation, Terraform, and/or Ansible.
Good documentation practices and coding style.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Strong integrity.
Team player.

Senior Bioinformatics & Genomics Data System Engineer

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Senior Bioinformatics & Genomics Data System Engineer

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