Are you curious, driven, and collaborative? Do you want to work at one of the most innovative and impactful biotech companies in the Bay Area? Mission Bio’s Tapestri Precision Genomics Platform was #2 on the TheScientist’s 2018 Top 10 Innovations list. And single-cell sequencing, which we focus on, was voted Nature Methods Method of the Year 2019. Our mission is to enable our customers to eliminate cancer.

Mission Bio is a start-up providing the best-in-class solution for single-cell genomics, ranging from research to translational/clinical medicine. We are a small team that is growing rapidly, so this is an opportunity for a talented, driven individual to significantly impact the direction and success of an exciting young company. We are committed to diversity. If you are a collaborative, curious, hardworking professional who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic, supportive environment, we would love to meet you.

The Software team is responsible for developing Mission Bio's customer-facing and internal R&D software. We are a passionate and experienced team building tools that enable cutting-edge science. Working closely with bioinformatics scientists and biologists, we are continuously improving the capabilities of the Tapestri platform. We are fully remote and based around the world.

We are looking for an experienced, senior-level software engineer to join our team and build scalable data analysis pipelines for genome analysis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain data analysis pipelines
• Scale pipelines to support the analysis of billions of cells
• Deploy pipelines to the cloud (Docker / AWS) and on-prem (miniconda / Linux)
• Develop reusable components, abstractions and processes to improve our development practices
• Mentor junior developers and bioinformatics scientists to improve their software development skills

QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Extensive experience (5+ years) with Python programming in Linux environments
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Bioinformatics or equivalent professional experience
• Pride in crafting high-quality, high-performance code while being pragmatic about near-term goals
• Demonstrated ability to hold yourself and others in the team to a high standard with regard to best practices like maintainability, unit tests, code reviews and documentation
• An interest in learning about genome sequencing and analysis. Prior knowledge is not required but you will work closely with bioinformatics scientists and biologists and will need to acquire a basic understanding of the domain.
• Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with ambiguous, evolving requirements.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills. Your success in this role depends a lot on your ability to communicate effectively.

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