Senior Software Engineer, Genomics

Position Summary

The Center for Computational Biology (CCB) is seeking an experienced senior software engineer to join a growing team of developers within CCB and the other centers across the Flatiron Institute. This position is ideal for an experienced engineer with bioinformatics experience who thrives on solving complex problems at the intersection of large-scale data, pipeline building, advanced analytics, and scientific discovery.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, architecture, and implementation of new HumanBase features and major infrastructure improvements
• Translate research-stage computational methods into robust, maintainable, and reproducible production software and data pipelines
• Design, develop, and optimize scalable genomics and biomedical data processing pipelines that ingest, normalize, and transform heterogeneous datasets
• Integrate machine learning and statistical methods into production workflows for analysis of complex biological datasets
• Apply software engineering best practices, including code review, testing, version control, documentation, CI/CD, and deployment automation
• Collaborate closely with computational biologists, data scientists, and external partners to align engineering efforts with scientific and platform goals
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies in bioinformatics, cloud infrastructure, and scientific computing where appropriate to improve platform capabilities and performance
• Contribute to operational support, maintenance, and continuous improvement of production systems supporting HumanBase
• Perform other duties or tasks as assigned or required

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, or a related technical field
• Experience: At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including work on production systems and data-intensive applications
• Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams of different technical and scientific backgrounds
• Experience: Extensive experience with Python, including development of complex data pipelines and use of applicable software libraries
• Knowledge: Experience working with large, heterogeneous biological datasets in Python (HDF5, Parquet, PyArrow, xarray)
• Experience: Building and operating distributed compute workflows and orchestration systems (e.g., Celery, Dask, SLURM, Nextflow, Snakemake) for large-scale genomic or biomedical data processing
• Skills: Strong experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including schema design and query optimization
• Experience: With containerization and cloud-native infrastructure technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Expertise: Familiarity with machine learning frameworks and tools, including scikit-learn and PyTorch
• Experience: Demonstrated experience with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including testing, CI/CD, version control, and deployment
• Background: Working in computational biology, bioinformatics, or a related field, with experience developing software that supports biological research

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Bioinformatics, or a related field
• Expertise: In bioinformatics, including experience with genomic data processing, analysis pipelines, and related computational methods
• Familiarity: With AWS or other major cloud platforms
• Experience: With high-performance computing (HPC) environments

Required Application Materials

Please submit a résumé and cover letter stating your interest in the position.

Compensation And Benefits

The full-time annual compensation range for this position is $160,000-$200,000 depending on experience. In addition to competitive salaries, the Simons Foundation provides employees with an outstanding benefits package.