Java Software Engineer

Job ID: 248250348
Job date: 2017-01-14
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Company : Zymergen 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
Zymergen is hiring software engineers to build the data collection, workflow and analytic components of our platform. Software engineers will join a team of biologists, automation engineers, and data scientists in designing, building, and operating a complete end-to-end system for automation of DNA design and assembly, microbial testing, and data analysis.

Our Primary Projects Involve:

-Tools to enable microbiologists to design and manage collections of new DNA constructs at far greater scales than previously employed in the wet lab environment.

-A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that collects and organizes large volumes of raw and analytic data, and enables scientists to analyze this information.

-Tools to orchestrate the high-throughput workflows that empower us to construct and test new microbes at large scale.

-Powerful machine learning, bioinformatic and analytic tools for modeling genomes, designing DNA, performing quality control and driving experimental analyses.

As a Software Engineer On The Core Services Team, You Will:

-Come up with fundamental data models for describing the intricacies of biological processes.

-Improve and evolve the existing code base and data architecture.

-Design and create new core components of the system.

Qualifications:

-3+ years working experience.

-B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

-Experience building, maintaining and working with REST APIs (Dropwizard, Spring Boot…).

-Extensive Java experience: comfortable with noSQL data stores, MVC architecture, ORMs, dependency injection, serialization.

-Prior experience with any of: Hibernate/ORM, Dropwizard, ElasticSearch, celery, django or integrating with a workflow engine a plus.

-Effectiveness in at least one other language (Ruby, Python, Javascript…) is desirable.


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Founded in 2013 and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zymergen is a technology company unlocking the power of biology. We deliver better economics for products made from biology that are used across industries, bring new products to market faster, and develop novel products. Our proprietary platform uses robots and machine learning to engineer microbes faster, more predictably, and to a level of performance previously unattainable. These microbes, and the products they produce, have broad applications across industries such as chemicals and materials, agriculture, and healthcare. For more information visit www.zymergen.com.

Zymergen’s software engineering team is responsible for developing custom workflow, modeling, and analysis tools that are crucial to the company's success.

Working at Zymergen offers you exposure to a field that makes a difference in the lives of millions of people: low-cost, scalable chemical manufacturing touches everything from how airplanes are built to the frontiers of life-saving medicines. In addition to working at a fast-growing startup, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you are building a future that was the realm of science fiction just ten years ago.

Previous experience in a Life Sciences company or setting is not essential.

Interest in working at one, and learning about genetics and bioinformatics, is.

Our facility is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Individuals seeking employment at Zymergen are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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