RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and manage the design, implementation, testing, and deployment of extensions/improvements to the existing Quality Control and Genome Improvement systems.
• Work closely with Bioinformatics Analysts to build and maintain automated DNA and RNA sequence analysis pipelines.
• Manage the support of the existing production Quality Control and Analysis systems, including the resolution of custom user and data retrieval requests.
• Follow prescribed practices for software version control, testing, and release engineering
• Serve as technical lead and software architect of Quality Control and Analysis system.
• Allocate QC & Analysis (Q&A) group resources and assign work to team members.
• Assist with the planning of the migration of existing systems to third-party systems.
• Coordinate team activities with the other Sequencing Informatics group leads, as well as the overall Sequencing Informatics group lead.
• Gather feedback and requirements to develop software for the Sequencing Informatics group.
• Mentor and cross-train other group members in software development and design.
• Present technical and analytical status in weekly meetings and contribute to publications.

REQUIREMENTS

• B.S. in Computer Science or a related scientific field (or equivalent experience) and a minimum of five years related experience
• Demonstrated experience with Perl/Python and experience with database design and performance tuning in MySQL
• Demonstrated experience leading a team of software developers in a customer service oriented environment
• Knowledge of Molecular Biology and sequence analysis tools
• Demonstrated success designing and implementing systems and software in a scientific or technical environment, e.g., University, National Laboratory, corporate R&D center or automated manufacturing facility
• Full life-cycle software development experience with the ability to work with scientific and administrative customers to define needs and priorities
• Ability to apply analytical skills and creativity to solve diverse and challenging problems
• Effective time management, organization, and planning skills with the ability to allocate resources and assign work to meet goals and deadlines
• Talent for working well under short deadlines and handling multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment

PREFERENCES

• Demonstrated experience with at least some of the following: MySQL, Perl/CGI, Javascript, Ruby (with Rails), Java, PL/SQL, CVS, Subversion
• Experience developing web-based GUI
• Experience working with lab information management systems (LIMS)
• Experience working with bioinformatics tools and/or analysis techniques

HOW TO APPLY

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