Distributed Computing Software Engineer – Big Data Research Platform

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Job date: 2017-04-30
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Company : 23andMe 

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Job Description:
Join 23andMe and solve cool and challenging engineering problems implementing a large scale data store, building data processing pipelines in the cloud, and powering novel research and analytical capabilities. Work within a collaborative environment of small fast-paced development teams that have a mix of veteran engineers and recent graduates. Come join us in our mission to be the world's trusted source of personal genetic information!

What you'll do:

-Design and implement new infrastructure, features, and frameworks in cloud.

-Build data analysis pipelines for statistical phasing, imputation, & association analyses.

-Participate in product development process .

-Write unit and functional tests.

-Solve performance and scalability problems.

What you'll bring:

-B.S. in Computer Science or a related field

-Working knowledge of Python and/or C/C++

-Experience engineering high volume data pipelines and scientific workflows

-Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.

-Experience with distributed computing and large scale data processing

-Experience with Computing optimizations like GPU-computing, Multi-threading, etc.

-Experience solving problems with Hadoop and related technologies (HDFS, MapReduce, HBase, Spark, etc.)

-Interest in bioinformatics

-Thrive with minimum supervision to deliver well-designed high-quality code on time


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Mountain View, CA, United States

Who we are:

Since 2006, 23andMe’s mission has been to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome. We are a group of passionate individuals pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to help turn genetic insight into better health and personal understanding.

About Us:

23andMe, Inc. is the leading personal genetics company. Our mission is to help people access, understand and benefit from the human genome. 23andMe has over 2 million customers worldwide with over 80 percent consented to participate in research. 23andMe is located in Mountain View, CA.

At 23andMe we value diversity in our work force and we provide equal employment opportunity without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other class protected by federal, state or local law. 23andMe will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.

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