Senior Bioinformatics Engineer

Precede Biosciences is pioneering an advanced, minimally invasive, comprehensive epigenomics platform for medicine development and clinical practice.
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
3+ years of experience
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Description For Senior Bioinformatics Engineer

Precede Biosciences, a pioneering company in advanced epigenomics, is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer to join their growing engineering team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and make a significant impact on the organization's success.

The company is developing a minimally invasive, comprehensive epigenomics platform with the potential to revolutionize medicine development and clinical practice, particularly in cancer treatment. Their work has been featured in Nature Medicine, highlighting the innovative nature of their approach.

As a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and operating the data processing and management infrastructure that underpins both research and production needs. You'll employ cloud-based software engineering best practices to ensure rapid iteration without compromising on quality or reliability.

Working in a cross-functional team, you'll collaborate with computational biologists, assay product development teams, and translational scientists. Your role will be crucial in ensuring that the data platform facilitates clinical accuracy, operational efficiency, security, and commercial scale.

The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in life sciences software development in the cloud, with a deep knowledge of AWS-based infrastructure. Proficiency in programming languages like Python or Java is essential, as is experience with NGS data processing tools and workflow engines.

Precede Biosciences values teamwork, excellence, and individual initiative. They're looking for someone who thrives in a startup environment, is comfortable taking on new challenges with minimal direction, and can communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Join Precede Biosciences to be at the forefront of epigenomics research and development, working in an inclusive environment that encourages learning from diverse perspectives and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to potentially groundbreaking advancements in medical research and clinical practice.

Last updated 10 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior Bioinformatics Engineer

  • Design, develop, deploy and operate bioinformatics data processing and management infrastructure
  • Employ best practices of modern, cloud-based software engineering
  • Work with cross-functional teams to ensure data platform facilitates clinical accuracy, operational efficiency, security and commercial scale
  • Identify and solve complex problems while communicating effectively to stakeholders

Requirements For Senior Bioinformatics Engineer

Python
Java
  • Minimum 3+ years of relevant work experience in life sciences software development in the cloud
  • Experience delivering production software and familiarity with modern best practices
  • Deep knowledge of AWS-based infrastructure for data processing, management and security in life sciences
  • Fluency in programming languages like Python or Java
  • Experience with NGS data processing tools and workflow engines
  • Great communication skills
  • Comfort with startup environment and taking on new tasks with little direction
  • Openness to learn from diverse perspectives and collaborate on multidisciplinary teams

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