Design, develop, and maintain scalable data platforms and batch/streaming pipelines. Implement data scientist algorithms, drive engineering best practices, mentor junior engineers, improve processes and infrastructure, and contribute to distributed system software and CI/CD in an Agile environment.
About the Job:
The Senior Software Engineer on the Data Engineering Team is broadly responsible for building and supporting software applications in use by the business; in particular, FoundationCORE and its components. The technical products developed by the incumbent help doctors match patients to more advanced treatment options. This role completes design, development, unit testing, code reviews, and generates technical documentation. The Senior Software Engineer has a high-level understanding of the codebase and is self-sufficient in at least one domain of FMI architecture. The incumbent makes well-reasoned decisions and trade-offs, is able to work in other parts of the codebase with guidance and, as an experienced practitioner, provides guidance to lower level Software Engineers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Help to design, develop, and maintain a robust and scalable data platform.
- Mentor and coach team members with less experience.
- Write high quality distributed system software.
- Build batch and streaming pipelines for the analysis of FMI’s data assets.
- Lead other team members in:
- Investigating design approaches;
- Prototyping new technologies; and,
- Evaluating technical feasibility.
- Implement algorithms developed by FMI data scientists.
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements including, but not limited to, automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery and redesigning infrastructure for greater scalability.
- Drive engineering best practices in the team.
- Deliver contributions in an Agile approach and leveraging Agile methodology.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5+ year(s) of software engineering experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related concentration
- Proficiency in two or more of the following software languages: Java, Scala, Python, or Go
- 7+ years of prior software engineering experience
- Deep professional experience with:
- Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Airflow, Glue, Azkaban, and others
- Relational databases, including
- SQL
- Database design
- Query tuning
- Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
- Data processing tools Spark, Storm, Hadoop, Heron, and others
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar cloud platform
- Object-oriented programming (OOP) and functional programming (FP) paradigms
- Distributed event streaming systems: Kafka, Pulsar, Kinesis, and others
- Profiling applications and JVM tuning
- Containerization/containerized deployment of software: Docker, Kubernetes, and others
- NoSQL database technologies such as document stores and graph databases
- Concurrency and asynchronous programming concepts
- Prior life science industry experience, particularly in genomics or biotechnology industry experience
- Demonstrated understanding of Agile software delivery
- Experience leading large-scale data warehousing and analytics projects
- Professional experience developing software in a distributed computing environment
- Expertise in languages covering both object oriented (OO) and functional programming (FP) paradigms
- Strong refactoring abilities and test automation skills
- Experience building and delivering Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) solutions
- Lifelong learner mindset, passionate about software development
- Strong interpersonal skills including successful collaboration and problem solving with other departments and colleagues
- Understanding of HIPAA and importance of privacy of patient data
- Commitment to reflect FMI's values: Integrity, Courage, and Passion
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Boston, MA is $150,000 - $175,400 per year. The salary range is commensurate with Foundation Medicine’s compensation practice and considers factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for Foundation Medicine's benefits.
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About Us Foundation Medicine, Inc. (FMI) is a global, patient-focused precision medicine company delivering high-quality, transformative diagnostic solutions in cancer and other diseases.
Foundation Medicine is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, age, or national origin. Further, qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or protected veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also FMI's EEO Statement and EEO is the Law and Supplement. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form. (EOE/AAP Employer)
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