Bioinformatics Software Engineer

ArtechInformationSystemLLC

South San Francisco, CA, United States permanent

Posted: June 7, 2017

Quick Summary

We are seeking a skilled Bioinformatics Software Engineer to join our team in South San Francisco, CA, to develop and implement cutting-edge bioinformatics software solutions. The ideal candidate will have expertise in bioinformatics, programming languages, and data analysis. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing novel algorithms and tools to analyze large-scale genomic data.

Required Skills

Job Description

Artech is the 10th Largest IT Staffing Company in the US, according to Staffing Industry Analysts' 2012 annual report. Artech provides technical expertise to fill gaps in clients' immediate skill-sets availability, deliver emerging technology skill-sets, refresh existing skill base, allow for flexibility in project planning and execution phases, and provide budgeting/financial flexibility by offering contingent labor as a variable cost.

Job Title: Bioinformatics Software Engineer

Location: South San Francisco, CA

Duration: 11+ Months
Position Type: Contract

Duties:

• We have a full-time temporary contractor opening (11 months) for an experienced software engineer in the Ion AmpliSeq Designer team.

• The individual will focus on developing a brand new API web-service to enable third-party integrations with the AmpliSeq Designer software.

• The individual will design and implement the core service and related authentication aspects, notifications, versioning, as well as work on deployment & scaling in a cloud-hosted environment.

• The successful candidate will be part of an innovative multi-disciplinary team developing applications for Ion Torrent DNA sequencing.

• As part of this team, they will be expected to work in a fast paced, complex setting to hard deliverables in a collaborative environment.

• Critical thinking, determination to succeed, the willingness and courage to push the boundaries on the possible and the drive to deliver are key attributes.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Design, develop, and test API web-services to enable third party integrations of AmpliSeq Designer functionality.

• Integrate such API with existing backend data analysis pipelines and databases.

• Document and maintain API specifications, coordinate with clients of the API.

• Handle authentication, status notifications, versioning and related aspects.

• Develop automation tools and scripts to aid testing of the API using real and mock data.

• Collaborate with a team of software developers and bioinformatics scientists to deliver software features in release cycles (in an agile development process).

Requirements:

• Experience with multiple complete product development life cycles from concept to development and product testing and final release.

• Excellent communication and organization skills.

• Proven expertise with Java and web-service frameworks like Play, DropWizard, etc.

• Experience with designing APIs, building REST-ful webservices, working with SQL databases.

• Proven expertise with Perl, Python, or UNIX scripting.

• Bioinformatics background knowledge (genomics, molecular biology) and skills (NGS, assay design, tools, file-formats etc.) are a strong plus.

• Prefer experience with cloud computing, AWS, docker, scaling.

Vishnu Kumar

Technical Recruiter

Artech Information Systems LLC

360 Mt. Kemble Avenue, Suite 2000 | Morristown, NJ 07960

Office: +1.973.967.3585 | Fax: 973.998.2599

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