Lead Bioinformatics Engineer (Hybrid)
Quest Diagnostics3 months ago
Marlborough, MA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$155k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead technical design, implementation, and delivery of projects launching diagnostic tests and services.
- Own end-to-end technical solutions and lead solution architecture, interface design, system architecture, and data-flow mapping.
- Collaborate with business, operations, IT, R&D laboratory, geneticists, medical directors, and bioinformatics stakeholders.
- Select appropriate technology platforms for each step in the diagnostic process.
- Ensure solutions comply with internal and external IT security, clinical, and quality policies and processes.
- Oversee end-to-end testing and diagnostic test validation activities.
- Lead technical documentation and plan and execute the handoff to operations.
- Report project progress, analyze risks, and escalate issues in coordination with project management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of experience, master’s degree with 4+ years, or PhD with 3+ years in an industrial or academic setting involving clinical or biological data and related technologies.
- At least 5 years of experience in a regulated industrial life sciences environment.
- At least 4 years of professional software development or technical engineering experience.
- Experience with bioinformatics methods, sequencing data analysis, variant data analysis, databases, scripting or programming, cloud development, and data analysis tools.
- Experience designing solutions, system and solution architectures, data-flow models, complex technical projects, APIs, and cloud implementations.
- Knowledge of bioinformatics tools and workflow managers for sequencing analysis and quality control.
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and JSON-based REST APIs.
- Experience in clinical diagnostics, regulated processes, diagnostic test validation, environment management, human genetics, oncology, DNA sequencing, and LIMS systems.
- Experience with infrastructure management, architecture diagramming, containerization, reporting, visualization, and source control tools.
- AWS experience is preferred; familiarity with Terraform, AWS CDK, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, R, Docker, Flask, React Native, Bootstrap, R Markdown, Jupyter Notebook, ggplot2, tidyverse, Plotly, matplotlib, Tableau, and d3.js is preferred.
Benefits
- Day 1 medical, supplemental health, dental, and vision coverage for eligible full-time employees working 30 or more hours.
- Well-being, mental health, health assessment, vacation, health/flex time, and holiday programs.
- 401(k) with company match up to 5% after 12 months, employee stock purchase plan, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
- Annual incentive plans, matching gifts, education assistance, and career advancement opportunities.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring three days onsite at the Marlborough, Massachusetts facility.
Tech Stack
AWSBootstrapD3.jsDockerFlaskggplot2GitGitLab CI/CDJavaScriptJupyter NotebookMatplotlibPythonRReact NativeSQLTerraformTypeScript
Categories
Data Engineering