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Job Description:

As a Lead Software Engineer, you are joining a passionate software engineering team to build sequencing products to change patients’ lives. You will design, implement, and lead the development of software features and product infrastructure, primarily from a backend perspective while working with cloud technology - AWS, Java, distributed platform, Spring, and more. Ultimately, the software you produce will impact patient care globally. 

 

Key responsibilities: 

  • Software Development: propose and evaluate design options, review code, analyze requirements, implement high quality code and tests in areas of web APIs, database, and Cloud-components, as well as analysis pipeline execution. 
  • Leadership: be a hands-on technical leader on projects and work closely with architects, product managers, and other development leads and teams across sites to drive projects forward with high quality code, scalable and maintainable components, and delivering excellence on schedule. Provide technical leadership through coaching and mentoring other engineers. 
  • Process & Operations: ensure test automation and regulatory compliance are embedded into software development practices and apply Lean principles in activities you participate in for the continuous improvement of how our team’s function and the quality of the products we build. 

Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical discipline; Master’s degree is preferred
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying scalable web applications and services.
  • Possess leadership skills to guide the team towards successful project execution.
  • Experience building software products using Java, TypeScript, REST APIs, Microservices and modern web application framework like Angular/React
  • Experience working on various Data structures like Stack, Queue, LinkedList etc. and algorithms.
  • Experience developing and deploying production software utilizing public cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS.
  • Ability to participate in architectural discussions and take ownership of projects to deliver high quality software.
  • Experience collaborating with software architect on application deployment architecture and sizing for best product stability, performance, security, reliability, and supportability on cloud.
  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Dedication to Agile / Lean practices and scalable architecture, including experience building adaptable roadmaps and evolving requirements.
  • Ability to develop reusable, inner- or open-sourced components for multiple projects.
  • Ability to understand sophisticated workflows and graph structures.
  • Experience with behavior or test-driven development.
  • Experience partnering with security and compliance teams to ensure the software meets the relevant requirements.
  • Experience maintaining high standards of software quality by establishing and following best practices within the team.
  • Ability to work with globally distributed and multi-cultural teams.

Nice to Have: 

  • Experience developing regulated products under design control.
  • Experience with virtualization, containers, and orchestration platforms (Dockers, Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with tools like Datadog, Helm, GitHub Actions etc.
  • Experience working on FrontEnd development using technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular/React etc
  • Passion for continuous improvement in software development processes & frameworks

Key Skills
Education

Bachelor's degree

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