Senior Bioinformatics Developer

This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing company at an early stage and impact the development of its products, markets, processes, people, and culture.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a software engineer looking to take the next step in their career at a uniquely innovative, rapidly moving, high impact start-up. As a Senior Bioinformatics Developer, you will be responsible for supporting and improving our bioinformatics pipelines and LIMS in a fast-paced production environment.  You will work directly with wet-bench scientists to improve our technology, and with bioinformaticians to improve our NGS algorithms. 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Work with scientists to automate lab protocols and analyze results.
• Collaborate with lab operations teams to support production lab environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operational issues in a timely manner, including on-call rotations.
• Optimize, update and maintain various production data processing and bioinformatic analysis pipelines.
• Develop important bioinformatics tools, algorithms, and analysis methods to complement Elegen’s novel synthetic DNA production platform.
• Build, optimize, automate, and maintain various processing or analysis pipelines.
• Provide computational support and data-based guidance to the R&D and operations teams.
• Design and build front-end analysis interfaces for internal use.
• Help design and build databases and server networks for internal and external applications. 

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• BS or MS in computer science, bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, or a related field. 
• 5-7 years of industry experience.
• Proficiency in Python programming.
• Python web development - Flask, SQLAlchemy.
• Cloud computing, especially AWS (Batch, Lambda).
• Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis.
• Workflow management systems - Cromwell/WDL/Nextflow.
• Familiarity with software development best practices, including version control using GitHub, testing and tracking (Jira), continuous integration and deployment (Jenkins).
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in interdisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience with DevOps (AWS).
• Experience with Lab Information Management Systems.
• Familiarity with machine learning, statistics, and predictive modeling.
• Familiarity with molecular biology or synthetic biology approaches and methods.
• Project Management Skills.

Salary and Benefits:

The annual base salary compensation for this role, if based in California is: $160,000 - $185,000. Compensation may be different in other locations.  Final compensation also includes bonus, equity and benefits.   Specific offer packages are determined by multiple factors, including candidate skill, experience, expertise, and location. 

✓ Healthcare    ✓ Dental    ✓ Vision    ✓ Learning Allowance

✓ 401K    ✓ Flexible PTO   ✓ Short Term Disability    ✓ Fitness Allowance