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Ambry Genetics

Bioinformatics Engineer II

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Act as a role model for the team, settings standards for excellence and mentoring junior engineers ... Knowledge of next-generation sequencing technologies and standard bioinformatics data formats (e.g ...

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Assists in mentoring and training of junior researchers in computational techniques and bioinformatics best practices. * Translates complex computational results into biologically meaningful insights ...

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Bioinformatics Engineer II

Remote

Ambry Genetics
Biotechnology Research and Development • 501 - 1,000 employees
Learn more about Ambry Geneticsexternal

$90K - $140K/yr

Full-time

Posted 29 days ago

Job description

Compensation:

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

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 (+ 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)

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