Bioinformatics Engineer II (Remote/East Coast)

About the role

As a Bioinformatics Engineer II within the Trailmaker development team, you will play a key role in guiding the technical direction of the platform while contributing hands-on across the full stack. You’ll collaborate closely with other engineers to architect and build new features that drive user engagement. This is a highly collaborative environment with no division between backend, frontend or testing roles - each engineer contributes to any part of the codebase and is responsible for the entire development process from work planning, through implementation and writing tests to completing the feature.

Responsibilities

• Always put the user first.
• Design, prototype, develop, and test new computational pipelines and visualizations for single cell data analysis in Trailmaker.
• Continuously iterate and improve existing single cell pipelines and features.
• Receive and incorporate feedback from customers and colleagues.
• Perform troubleshooting of customer analyses.
• Keep up-to-date on the rapidly evolving field of single cell genomics and relay observations of new methods, benchmarking studies, etc. to the team.
• Experiment, test, try, fail and learn continuously.
• Think like an owner, and take pride in your work.
• Help and mentor teammates.

Requirements

• A track record of designing, building and improving data analysis software that solves user problems.
• A degree in bioinformatics (or similar) and 3+ total years of experience working in bioinformatics engineer roles. Additional experience (5+ years) is necessary to be appointed at Bioinformatics Engineer II level.
• Fluent in Python and R.
• Practical experience of working with open source single cell data analysis tools and packages, including Scanpy and Seurat.
• Competency working with container-based cloud applications, ideally on AWS.
• Strong data visualization skills.
• Significant experience in conducting code reviews and providing feedback to others.
• Experience and desire to work as part of a close-knit team.
• Experience using version control systems such as Git/GitHub is preferred.
• Proficiency building pipelines with Nextflow or similar frameworks is preferred.
• Experience of integrating AI tools into development workflows is preferred.
• Knowledge of and/or interest in web development is preferred.
• Experience working with Bash is preferred.

Qualifications

• Someone excited about building tools that will be used by thousands of single cell researchers.
• A degree in bioinformatics (or similar) and 3+ total years of experience working in bioinformatics engineer roles. Additional experience (5+ years) is necessary to be appointed at Bioinformatics Engineer II level.

Skills

• Familiarity with Python and R.
• Experience with open source single cell data analysis tools and packages, including Scanpy and Seurat.
• Experience with container-based cloud applications, ideally on AWS.
• Strong data visualization skills.
• Experience in conducting code reviews and providing feedback to others.
• Experience working as part of a close-knit team.
• Experience using version control systems such as Git/GitHub.
• Proficiency building pipelines with Nextflow or similar frameworks.
• Experience of integrating AI tools into development workflows.
• Knowledge of and/or interest in web development.
• Experience working with Bash.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and Rx (prescription) coverage beginning on the 1st day of the month following your start date. Parse covers 90% of the monthly premiums for employees, and 60% for dependents.
• A 401(k) program with no waiting period to participate
• Basic life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage. Monthly premiums for both are covered at 100% by Parse.
• A flexible spending account (FSA) options for medical, dependent care, and commuter expenses
• A transportation program (Seattle only)
• 12 paid holidays annually and a winter holiday break
• A generous time off policy

Pay

$100,000 - $135,000 USD

Schedule

This position is home office based and will require a reliable internet connection and suitable workspace to fulfill job duties effectively. Laptop and any other essential technical/home office equipment will be provided.