Compensation:

$100,000 - $120,000 per year. You are eligible for a Short-Term Incentive Plan with the target at 7.5% of your annual earnings; terms and conditions apply.

Software Engineer II – Remote PST

We are seeking a Software Engineer II with strong backend development expertise to join a mission-critical scrum team building a next-generation platform. This role will focus on developing robust APIs, data processing pipelines, and scalable backend services using Java/Spring frameworks on AWS infrastructure in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment  

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in backend engineering, database design, and cloud-based architectures, with a passion for building reliable, high-performance systems that handle complex genomic data at scale. This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on healthcare outcomes by building software that powers life-changing genetic insights. 

 Essential Functions

• Architect, develop, and enhance React and Java/Spring-based applications to support scientific workflows for variant identification, ranking, and reporting
• Work closely with product managers and stakeholders to gather and translate requirements into well-defined technical solutions
• Lead design and development of scalable and maintainable solutions while ensuring system performance and security best practice
• Troubleshoot complex issues, resolve bugs efficiently, and improve system reliability  
• Advocate for best practices in software engineering, code quality, and automated testing
• Other duties as assigned  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent work experience   
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend development, full stack application experience is a plus  
• Strong expertise in cloud-based solutions and experience integrating third-party software into existing systems  
• Extensive experience in building service-oriented architectures and designing RESTful API services to support scalable and maintainable applications  
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges efficiently  
• Effective communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience and familiarity working in Java / Spring methodologies 
• Experience working with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) and NoSQL technologies (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Elastic Search etc.)

Preferred

• Master's degree   
• Experience in scientific, genomics, or healthcare-related applications is a plus 
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native applications on public cloud platforms such as AWS 

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