Sr Software Engineer (Data Engineering Team)
About the Job:The Senior Software Engineer on the Data Engineering Team is broadly responsible for building and supporting software applications in use by the business; in particular, FoundationCORE and its components. The technical products developed by the incumbent help doctors match patients to more advanced treatment options. This role completes design, development, unit testing, code reviews, and generates technical documentation. The Senior Software Engineer has a high-level understanding of the codebase and is self-sufficient in at least one domain of FMI architecture. The incumbent makes well-reasoned decisions and trade-offs, is able to work in other parts of the codebase with guidance and, as an experienced practitioner, provides guidance to lower level Software Engineers.Key Responsibilities: Help to design, develop, and maintain a robust and scalable data platform.Mentor and coach team members with less experience.Write high quality distributed system software.Build batch and streaming pipelines for the analysis of FMI's data assets.Lead other team members in: Investigating design approaches;Prototyping new technologies; and,Evaluating technical feasibility.Implement algorithms developed by FMI data scientists.Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements including, but not limited to, automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery and redesigning infrastructure for greater scalability.Drive engineering best practices in the team.Deliver contributions in an Agile approach and leveraging Agile methodology.Other duties as assigned.Qualifications:Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree5+ year(s) of software engineering experiencePreferred Qualifications: Advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related concentrationProficiency in two or more of the following software languages: Java, Scala, Python, or Go7+ years of prior software engineering experienceDeep professional experience with: Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Airflow, Glue, Azkaban, and othersRelational databases, including SQLDatabase designQuery tuningObject-Relational Mapping (ORM)Data processing tools Spark, Storm, Hadoop, Heron, and othersAmazon Web Services (AWS) or similar cloud platformObject-oriented programming (OOP) and functional programming (FP) paradigmsDistributed event streaming systems: Kafka, Pulsar, Kinesis, and othersProfiling applications and JVM tuningContainerization/containerized deployment of software: Docker, Kubernetes, and othersNoSQL database technologies such as document stores and graph databasesConcurrency and asynchronous programming conceptsPrior life science industry experience, particularly in genomics or biotechnology industry experienceDemonstrated understanding of Agile software deliveryExperience leading large-scale data warehousing and analytics projectsProfessional experience developing software in a distributed computing environmentExpertise in languages covering both object oriented (OO) and functional programming (FP) paradigmsStrong refactoring abilities and test automation skillsExperience building and delivering Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) solutionsLifelong learner mindset, passionate about software developmentStrong interpersonal skills including successful collaboration and problem solving with other departments and colleaguesUnderstanding of HIPAA and importance of privacy of patient dataCommitment to reflect FMI's values: Integrity, Courage, and PassionThe expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Boston, MA is $150,000 - $175,400 per year. The salary range is commensurate with Foundation Medicine's compensation practice and considers factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for Foundation Medicine's benefits.#LI-Hybrid