Genomics Platform Senior Software Engineer II

New York Genome Center, Inc.; City of Niagara Falls (NY); On-site; USD 155,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Genome Center (NYGC) seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to lead software projects from planning through delivery and support. You will design durable solutions, mentor engineers, and improve products, integrations, maintenance, and operational processes while coordinating with shared services and adjacent departments.

Responsibilities include architecting production-quality software, APIs, and data-processing services, and collaborating with scientific, clinical, and operational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with 9+ years of relevant software engineering experience, or a Master's degree in Computer Science with 7+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Ability to lead multi-stakeholder software projects from needs definition and planning through delivery and support while managing scope, dependencies, and changing constraints.
• Ability to apply technical judgment across multiple related areas and systems, identify cross-system issues, evaluate alternatives, and guide practical solutions.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages and object-oriented design, and experience developing extensible, well-tested, maintainable software.
• Experience with version control, code review, automated testing, technical documentation, and collaborative software-development practices.
• Experience designing or integrating APIs, databases or other data systems, and production services or workflows.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work productively with scientific, technical, and operational stakeholders.
• Ability to learn new scientific and technical domains quickly and to work effectively both independently and as part of a small, collaborative team.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects from requirements clarification and scope definition through release and production support; manage technical and operational tradeoffs, dependencies, and delivery planning.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, document, and maintain production-quality software, integrations, APIs, data-processing services, and operational tooling.
• Build and improve the software that supports genomic testing from sample accessioning through laboratory and sequencing workflows, computational analysis, clinical reporting, and secure genomic-data exchange; work directly with the teams who rely on these systems each day.
• Work with scientific, clinical, and operational stakeholders to clarify needs, define requirements, and write specifications; translate them into clear technical designs, implementation plans, and maintainable software solutions.
• Contribute to product requirements and technical direction, and improve recurring workflows and practices across related products and systems.
• Partner with Computational Biology, Clinical Bioinformatics, Sequencing Operations, Project Management, Research Computing, and other stakeholders to deliver reliable, responsive services.
• Apply sound engineering practices, including version control, code review, automated testing, release management, documentation, observability, data protection, and secure handling of sensitive information.
• Analyze technical and operational challenges across related products and systems; incorporate appropriate expertise, evaluate alternatives, and propose practical, cost-effective solutions.
• Mentor engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing; help teammates resolve difficult technical decisions, strengthen shared practices, and deliver reliable work.
• Communicate progress, risks, decisions, and delivery expectations clearly; seek relevant expertise and contribute constructively to collective outcomes.
• Use approved AI-enabled tools, where appropriate, to support software development, testing, documentation, and troubleshooting. Validate outputs for accuracy, security, privacy, and compliance with NYGC policies before relying on them.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Systems thinking

Communication

API & data systems design

Software design & maintenance

Version control & testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS / GCP

PostgreSQL

GraphQL

CI/CD

Job description

The New York Genome Center (NYGC) seeks a Senior Software Engineer II to lead software projects from planning through delivery and support. You will design durable solutions, mentor engineers, and improve products, integrations, maintenance, and operational processes while coordinating with shared services and adjacent departments.

Responsibilities include architecting production-quality software, APIs, and data-processing services, and collaborating with scientific, clinical, and operational