Production Bioinformatics Engineer

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Job date: 2017-11-17
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Company : Invitae 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
Invitae is looking for a Bioinformatics Engineer to join our Production Team. You will work alongside software engineers, clinical geneticists, and lab scientists to further deliver on our mission to bring genetic information into mainstream medical practice. You will be engineering tools to better analyze and visualize clinical genomic data, evaluate data quality, and automate lab and bioinformatics processes. Our ideal candidate is an organized problem solver with an eye for automation, and equally excellent communication skills.

At Invitae, we are using genetics to improve healthcare for everyone. Working with us will give you an opportunity to use your technical skills to do real and tangible good -- impacting the lives of patients, families, and future generations to come!

Responsibilities:

  • Recognize and address software automation opportunities and scalability bottlenecks
  • Develop web tools to visualize and interact with genomic data
  • Communicate with Users, Computing, and other Development teams
  • Troubleshoot complex issues quickly and effectively
Requirements:
  • BS in Computer Science, Engineering, another science or equivalent experience
  • Proficiency with one or more languages in a UNIX environment (eg. Bash, Python, Java)
  • 3+ years experience with SQL, and/or Datomic databases
  • 3+ years experience with Python and web programming frameworks (eg. Django, Flask, ORM)
  • 1+ years experience with NGS bioinformatics (eg. Picard, GATK, pandas, R) or molecular biology benchwork
  • Good team player, but able to work effectively and independently
  • Preferred: 1+ years experience with DevOps or related fields (eg. Docker, Fabric, version control)
  • Preferred: 1+ years experience with Javascript and well­ established MV* frameworks (ex., React, backbone.js, etc.)
  • Preferred: 1+ years experience with data visualization (eg. matplotlib, D3)
  • Preferred: Familiarity with Atlassian solutions
  • Preferred: Experience with NoSQL
  • Preferred: Experience with LIMS and working in a Lab environment


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At Invitae, we value diversity and provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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