88-50100558 Principal Scientific Software Engineer

Job description

The Position Genentech, Inc. seeks a Principal Scientific Software Engineer at its South San Francisco, CA location. Duties: Design and develop computation solutions from scientists in research projects. Develop and optimize genomics workflows for variant calling, alignment and transcriptomic analysis. Work in a multi-disciplinary environment with diverse teams to design, develop, and maintain a cloud-based genomic analysis system for the organization. Implement and debug genomics workflows implemented in bioinformatics software languages such as Nextflow and Workflow Definition Language. Design and develop highly scalable distributed computer infrastructure optimized for bioinformatics workflows and analysis on the cloud. Collaborate with other engineering team to provide integrated genomics research solution for the company. Apply a deep understanding of genomics data to manage data according to FAIR (Findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability) principles to ensure data quality and discovery. Implement best practices to ensure high code quality in the systems designed and developed in the organization. May telecommute up to 2 days per week. Education and experie...