BIOINFORMATICS SOFTWARE ENGINEER

As a Bioinformatics Software Engineer within the Data Science and Statistical Computing group in the Research Informatics and Software Engineering department of Genentech Research, you will work with computational biologists and software engineers to develop interfaces to our core genomic cloud-based data infrastructure. You will lead the design, execution, maintenance, and support of these interfaces with a focus on sustainable software practices. You will work closely with other software engineers and architects to understand the technical details and limitations of existing solutions when applied to various scientific use cases and contribute to improvements of our architecture. Your technical, hands-on knowledge of software best practices and scientific understanding will enable our scientists, across a range of computational expertise, to discover drug targets and biomarkers from high-throughput data and ultimately deliver life saving therapies to our patients.

You should be passionate about sustainable software engineering practices, the transformative potential of health-related data, and our mission to improve the lives of patients. You should have a flexible and learning mindset, be able to work in a fluid and dynamic environment, be comfortable leading globally distributed development teams and have a strong desire to pursue creative solutions to challenging problems.

Responsibilities

Develop R/Python clients for use by data scientists to access databases of genomic and phenotypic data.

Leverage your domain expertise to collaborate with scientists and other engineers towards the production and deployment of domain-specific data products.

Lead local and off-shore engineering teams to support your efforts.

Effectively communicate strategies, ideas, goals and progress to departmental, cross-functional and senior management.

Contribute to the broader scientific and engineering community through open-source software development.

Successful applicants will meet many of the following requirements:

BS or higher in bioinformatics, computer science or related fields.

5+ years experience (including any graduate school) designing and implementing data science tooling. Seniority of position will depend on experience and other factors.

Demonstrated adherence to best practices in software engineering, particularly usability, version control, testing, documentation, and release management.

Fluent in one or more scripting languages such as Python or R.

Familiarity with common AWS cloud services is a plus.

Experience working in scientific/Bioinformatics environments.

In addition,

You are enthusiastic about working in a scientific environment, especially one that is related to drug discovery and development.

You have an obsession for providing pragmatic tools to data scientists and realize that users are like water; if your solution doesn’t work, they’ll find one anyway, and then you have two problems instead of one.

You know that security has to be integrated in the early stages of the development of a solution, in order to be efficient and future-proof.

You are a quick learner, are curious about new areas and the opportunity to build expertise, and courageously and creatively take initiative to see your ideas implemented.

You are able to perform at a high level in a fast changing and demanding environment.

You are pragmatic about the tradeoffs between features, quality, timeliness, and cost.

You are interested in the bigger picture.

Who We Are

A member of the Roche Group, Genentech has been at the forefront of the biotechnology industry for more than 40 years, using human genetic information to develop novel medicines for serious and life-threatening diseases. Genentech has multiple therapies on the market for cancer & other serious illnesses. Please take this opportunity to learn about Genentech where we believe that our employees are our most important asset & are dedicated to remaining a great place to work. Genentech is an equal opportunity employer & prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, disability, marital & veteran status. For more information about equal employment opportunity, visit our Genentech Careers page

Relocation benefits are available for this job posting. 

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $127,800 - 237,300 and max of hiring range.  Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.