Bioinformatics Developer

Position Title: Bioinformatics Developer

Location: South Plainfield, NJ

Shift: M-F 9am-5pm

Intro

At Azenta, new ideas, new technologies and new ways of thinking are driving our future. Our customer-focused culture encourages employees to embrace innovation and challenge the status quo with novel thinking and collaborative work relationships. 

Azenta Life Sciences is a global leader in the life sciences space with headquarters in Burlington, MA, and offices and operations worldwide. We are a market leader in automated bio sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical and advanced cell therapies for the industry's top pharmaceutical, biotech, academic and healthcare institutions globally.   We provide unparalleled capabilities with our lab analysis, sample management and storage services, informatics software, and consumables, with the largest installed base managing over 1 billion samples globally.

What You’ll Do

• Develop high-performance, robust, & production-grade bioinformatics tools and workflows.
• Participate in cloud and/or automation system development.
• Collaborate with internal and external team members to develop bioinformatics tools and workflows for new products and services.
• Maintain production-grade codebase and documentation.
• Support internal & external research projects.
• Mentor & train junior team members.

What You Will Bring

• Minimal master-level degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.  PhD-level degree preferred.
• Subject matter expert in bioinformatics tool and workflow development.
• At least 3 years of industry work experience in production-grade bioinformatics or genomics software application development, or a related role.
• At least 8 years of demonstrable experience in developing bioinformatics tools and analysis workflows.
• Proficiency in Python programming language.
• Proficiency in designing and developing database-based applications (e.g., PostgreSQL and/or MySQL based).
• Proficiency in developing and deploying applications for Linux OS.
• Familiar with common algorithm design principles/patterns, common data structures & their benefits and drawbacks, and algorithm complexity analysis concepts & techniques.
• Familiar with commonly used tools and techniques to evaluate software performance, e.g., RAM, Disk IO, network IO, and CPU usages.
• Experience in Java, C/C++ programming languages a bonus.
• Familiar with Git version control.
• Familiar with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process, and the associated testing, documentation, & deployment best practices.
• Familiar with Docker (including building Docker Image, commonly used Docker Image optimization techniques, and deploying applications via Docker).
• Familiar with Conda operations.
• Knowledge of AWS services and their applications.
• Understand software documentation best practices, and demonstrable good software documentation habits and abilities.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, and team player.

EOE M/F/Disabled/VET