Software Developer (Genome Informatics)

The RGC’s Genome Informatics team is looking for a Software Engineer to assist the design, implementation, testing and deployment of the codebases that support the production and R&D systems. Genome Informatics leads the primary and secondary analysis of more than 500,000 samples a year, including production pipelines, cloud computing infrastructure, and sequencing and variant quality control. Working closely with other RGC teams, our extensive genomics production system supports multi-omics applications (RNA, long reads), unprecedented-scale variant calling, disease association studies, and loci-specific analyses that directly impact innovative drug development.

You will support our software engineering efforts to develop, implement and deploy at-speed and at-scale solutions for both production and R&D experiments.

In this role, a typical day might include the following:

• Support software engineering efforts in GI to ensure 24/7 uptime and rapid development cycle of production.

• Develop, implement and solve software solutions in a cloud environment and distributed compute infrastructure (Spark).

• Develop, maintain and document genomic pipelines to ensure at-speed and at-scale genomics production.

• Develop applications for routine visualization of QC metrics, compute performance and resource usage for RGC production.

• Work with GI engineering lead to continuously optimize and improve the productionalization process.

This job might be for you if:

• You have an interest in the health & life-sciences data domain.

• You have a passion to bring innovative technologies in the field.

• You are thorough and focus on the quality of the final product.

• You enjoy collaborating with multi-functional teams of scientists, analysts, and engineers.

• With your sleeves rolled up, you work on current problems while thinking of future solutions.

To be considered for this role you must have a B.S. in Computer Science or a related field. At least 1 -2 years' experience with Python and Bash as well as Linux operating system (Ubuntu). Solid understanding of software engineering principles and standard methodologies, including SDLC, version control (Git) and CI/CD. Experience working with databases (SQL) and in a cloud environment (AWS or GCP). Experience with distributed systems (Hadoop, Spark, Kubernetes) is a plus. Experience with standard bioinformatics tools (e.g. Samtools, BCFtools, VCFtools, BWA, GATK, Picard, BEDtools, PLINK) is preferred.

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