Senior Bioinformatics Pipeline Engineer

Job ID: 226749927
Job date: 2016-12-03
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Company : Helix 

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Role : Technician 


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Job Description:
The Helix Bioinformatics team is seeking passionate and motivated individuals to join our cross-functional team to develop and apply cutting-edge approaches to processing, analyzing, annotating, and interpreting population-scale human genome sequence data. You will work closely with lab operations, research informatics, engineering, and custom products to create our world-class genomics platform. If you like the idea of establishing and optimizing a state-of-the-art production-scale clinical NGS-laboratory, and changing the way everyone understands their DNA, then this is the ideal opportunity for you.    

As a Senior Bioinformatics Pipeline Engineer, You Will

  • Creating and maintaining a robust, production-quality pipeline for processing high-volume next-generation sequencing data
  • Optimizing performance and reliability of large-scale analysis pipelines
  • Designing, implementing, and testing novel and reproducible NGS analysis pipelines
  • Working with the Lab to create production-level pipeline health monitoring system
  • Migrating from R&D to production-quality code
  • Implementing and documenting processes for regulatory purposes
Required Background
  • 5+ years development experience in Python, Java, C#, C++
  • MS or BS with equivalent experience in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related field
  • Experience with development and management of workflows and pipelines in production environments
  • Experience working with human WES or WGS data
  • Experience with high performance computing environments and/or cloud-based environments
  • Experience with container technology such as Docker
  • Quantitative training with basic understanding of probability and statistics
  • Ability to be self-driven and work well together in a cross-functional and interdisciplinary team
  • Proficiency in Unix environments
  • Familiar with application-level programming languages such as Java or C/C++
  • Experience developing APIs and SDKs
  • Responsive to feedback
  • Keen attention to detail
What Helix Can Offer You
  • Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
  • Great benefits, including medical, dental and vision
  • 401k with employer matching
  • 12 weeks paternity and maternity leave
  • Generous vacation policy
  • Commuter benefits
  • Gym subsidies


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We believe that everyone benefits from their biological information. It’s our mission to empower every person to improve their life through DNA. With our high-quality, trusted partners and state-of-the-art lab, we’ve created the first platform of personalized products and services powered by genetics. From advanced cancer screening to custom fitness and nutrition plans, the world of DNA learning is becoming more accessible and more valuable than ever. Our big vision comes with big responsibility. That’s why we’re building a team of experts in the field of genetics, engineering, design, business development, and beyond to help bring actionable insights to our customers. We’re looking for the best and brightest minds who are passionate about our mission and are excited to work on a truly diverse team. Our platform will serve millions of users at an unprecedented data scale—data that is the most personal kind of data you can have: DNA. We are building an app store that will be a one-of-a-kind genomics storefront, rich with partner products ranging from carrier screening to recreation to health and wellness. We are building a developer ecosystem that will unlock the creativity of the community to discover new insights that we can’t even dream of today.

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