Bioinformatics Database Engineer

Pay Range: $115,000 - $135,000 / year

Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors
including relevant skills, training, experience, education,
and, where applicable, certifications obtained. Market and
organizational factors are also considered. Successful
candidates may be eligible to receive annual performance
bonus compensation.

Benefits Information:
We are proud to offer best-in-class benefits and programs
to support employees and their families in living healthy,
happy lives. Our pay and benefit plans have been designed
to promote employee health in all respects – physical,
financial, and developmental. Depending on whether it is
a part-time or full-time position, some of the benefits
offered may include:
 Medical/Prescription Drugs
 Dental
 Vision
 Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
 Supplemental Health Plans
 401(k) Plan – Company match dollar-for-dollar up to 5%
 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
 Supplemental Life Insurance
 Dependent Life Insurance
 Short- and Long-Term Disability buy-up
 Blueprint for Wellness
 Emotional Well-Being Resources
 Educational Assistance
 Paid time off / Health Time
 Variable Compensation Plans
 Sales Incentive Plans

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At Quest, we are on a continuous journey of discovery and development. It’s this attitude that has made us an industry leader and the #1 Diagnostic Lab in the US. For those joining us, we offer exciting and fast-moving career opportunities where you can affect change at a rate unheard of in many organizations of our size and scope. While we invest in and develop technology to drive our innovations, our ongoing success relies on our people.

The Bioinformatics Engineer will maintain and support current systems in a regulated, clinical environment with patient care as our top priority. This professional will support our San Juan Capistrano, CA and Chantilly, VA labs.

This person can work 100% remote and must be located in the US.

• Develop, validate, and implement new software applications, databases, processes, and interfaces relating to next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis, advanced diagnostic testing development and validation, data quality review, and clinical reporting.
• ​Serve as SME on specific systems/workflows supporting advanced development and high-tier production support.
• Participate in resolution of support requests. Regularly report progress and prepare data analyses for internal review
• ​Prepare reports and other communications of technical activities related to business objectives such as product/process development and improvement.
• ​Activities may be focused individual projects or, more usually, assignments as a member of a project team, often working closely with other Software Developers, R&D bench scientists, Genetic Counselors, Operations Scientists, and other technical business partners.

Required Work Experience:

3+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree or 1+ year with a Master's degree and experience in an industrial or academic setting working with clinical and biological data or equivalent and underlying technologies including bioinformatic methods, database development, query/scripting/programming languages, cloud development, agile methodology, DevOps and other data analysis tools.

Experience with database administration, stored procedures, archiving procedures, best practices in database design/maintenance (SQL Server, Oracle) required.

Professional database development or technical engineering experience

Preferred Work Experience:

Bioinformatics tools such as BWA, SamTools, GATK, Dragen. 

Experience with MySQL, MongoDB, Django preferred.

Experience with NextGen sequencing data, bioinformatics, variant data preferred.

At least 1 year of experience working in a life sciences environment preferred.

Skills:

Professional database development and administration in SQL, Oracle

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree(Required)
Master’s Degree

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