At ThermoFisher, our mission is to cure cancer with genomic data. It is a close-knit, collaborative, cross-functional setting where we believe none of us is as smart as all of us and we each have something valuable to contribute toward our goal. The Medical Sciences IT Software Engineering team is tasked with applying industry best practices to the design, development, and deployment of internal and third party software products. We are looking to hire individuals with deep experience with bioinformatics software development and integration in an enterprise setting, and who can help us solve the next wave of technical challenges using the latest cloud-based, big-data, and rich analytics tool sets. You should be versed and comfortable spanning the full development lifecycle, from requirements identification and prototyping, through design and implementation, to customer acceptance and delivery. You are the type of person that welcomes the challenge of working in a fast-paced, discovery-oriented environment and will be genuinely excited about the prospect of creatively exercising your problem solving skills on a continuous basis with an eye to ultimately improving the human condition.
Essential Functions:
Design, develop, test, deploy, administrate, and maintain database, data transformation, data visualization, reporting, and medical information systems and platforms
Collaborate with scientists in the business to understand requirements and develop data analysis strategies and plans to meet them.
Implement bioinformatics data integration and analysis pipelines using tools such as Pipeline Pilot and/or scripting languages.
Develop visualization environments in reporting tools to enable scientists to explore the data and answer questions.
Written and verbal presentation of results and methods.
Responsible for initial design and development of new software and/or extensive software revisions.
Define technical requirements and create high-level architectural specifications, ensuring feasibility, functionality, and integration with existing systems/platforms
Represent the team in cross-organizational development forums as well as customer requirements gathering and software validation and training sessions
Rely on extensive experience and judgment to understand complex problems and resolve them efficiently, Use prior knowledge and experience to provide functional and technical support and leadership to colleagues
Participate in training and orienting new software engineers as they join the team
Minimum Qualifications (must have)
Excited about building world-class software solutions leverage genomic data in order to cure cancer
Exposure to the fields of genomics, experimental data processing, high-throughput data analysis, and genomic databases.
Firm grasp of univariate statistical analysis fundamentals necessary. Experience with multivariate statistics or statistical modeling a plus.
Strong computational skills, particularly in data parsing, cleansing, data modeling, analysis, and database design and implementation.
Solid knowledge of unix/linux. Experience with cluster computing a plus.
Ability to review, synthesize, and present scientific data and methods.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
Previous bioinformatics and scientific programming experience
Deep understanding of object oriented design and programming
Expert in developing multi-tier, scalable, and browser based applications. Cloud-based applications leveraging AWS is highly preferred.
3+ years of solid hands experience with Java (primary language). Other languages (C++, Ruby, Python, etc. will be considered)
Prior exposure to scripting languages (e.g. Perl, Bash) on Linux or Unix(DTSTTCPW, YAGNI, refactor ruthlessly)
Has experience, instincts, and enthusiasm around testing and testability Is authentic, transparent and leads by example, holding self and others accountable. Inspires, motivates and collaborates with others
Anticipates needs and problems while creating solutions. Is willing to ask difficult questions and take risks. Greets challenge and change as opportunity
Experience working with geographically distributed team &nb
Preferred Qualifications (nice to have)
Experience with Spotfire, Pipeline Pilot, R, SQL, and NGS
Scientific experience in cancer study and/or research a plus.
Experience working in an FDA regulated environment
Experience in natural language processing
Experience interacting with semantic web ontologies (OWL, RDF)
A healthy sense of humor and appreciation for quirky and geeky antics around the office
At ThermoFisher, our mission is to cure cancer with genomic data. It is a close-knit, collaborative, cross-functional setting where we believe none of us is as smart as all of us and we each have something valuable to contribute toward our goal.
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