Software Engineer II

*This position can be remote or onsite.

Personalis, Inc. is a leader in advanced cancer genomics for enabling the next generation of precision cancer therapies and diagnostics. The Personalis NeXT Platform® is designed to adapt to the complex and evolving understanding of cancer, providing its biopharmaceutical customers and clinicians with information on all of the approximately 20,000 human genes, together with the immune system, from a single tissue sample. In population sequencing, Personalis operates one of the largest sequencing operations globally and is currently the sole sequencing provider to Veterans Affairs' Million Veteran Program. To enable cancer and population sequencing, Personalis' Clinical Laboratory was built with a focus on clinical accuracy, quality, big data, scale and efficiency. The laboratory is GxP-aligned as well as Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988-certified and College of American Pathologists-accredited.

Located in Menlo Park, CA, Personalis’ genome analysis and interpretation services will help clinical researchers and physicians use genome sequence data to help elucidate underlying disease mechanisms, improve the diagnosis of genetic disorders, guide treatment and drug choice, and anticipate and prevent diseases. We are seeking a talented and highly motivated Software Engineer to join our team.

Summary:

As part of the Operations Informatics group, you will be a key member of a team of engineers and analysts, working to develop a highly automated lab and achieve a substantially shorter sample turnaround time. Due to the large volumes of sequence and analysis data that are produced, automating the management of the life cycle of this data is a critical aspect of our operations. The position reports to the Manager of Data Management.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and test data management system code.
• Review code developed by other team members.
• Contribute to documentation.
• Participate in requirements gathering and design discussions with team members and stakeholders.
• Work with project managers to deliver data to customers using cloud-based solutions.
• Triage and debug data management system issues.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development.
• 2 years of experience with designing and querying databases.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Python development, especially using the Django framework.
• Experience with cloud storage services (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Experience working in a Linux/UNIX environment.
• Basic familiarity with NGS data sets and analysis tools, with a preference for the Illumina platform.
• Experience supporting high throughput lab information systems in a production environment.
• Experience working with lab scientists, especially in a regulated clinical environment (CLIA, CAP, HIPAA).

Personalis is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabilities.  Personalis offers a competitive compensation package. 

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