Genomics Software Engineer Professional

Children's Hospital Colorado; Aurora (CO); Remote; USD 98,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement / 403b match

Education benefit

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado is seeking a Genomics Software Engineer to join the Precision Diagnostics team in Aurora. You will develop, implement, and support enterprise genomics platforms used in oncology and germline testing, integrating software, data pipelines, and analytical workflows for clinical diagnostics and translational research.

You will collaborate with bioinformaticians, scientists, clinicians, and IT to enable analysis of genomic data for clinical and research use, applying

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of three years of related experience required.
• Experience with genomic data analysis is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, and build software applications and data pipelines for genomics platforms.
• Develop, test, and maintain software across enterprise systems and data warehouses.
• Collaborate with bioinformaticians, scientists, clinicians and IT staff to translate requirements into robust software solutions.
• Document specifications, flowcharts, and procedures for maintenance and upgrades.
• Troubleshoot performance and availability issues to ensure reliable services.

Skills

Python

C++

UNIX

Databases

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job ID: 108241

Location: Aurora

Position Type: Regular

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Estimated Close Date: 10/31/2026

Job Overview

As a Genomics Software Engineer at Children's Hospital Colorado, you will be a key member of the Precision Diagnostics (PDX) team with the opportunity to develop, implement, and support enterprise genomics platforms. PDX offers both oncology and germline testing, and this position will contribute to the design, development, validation, optimization, and operational support of software applications, data pipelines, and analytical workflows that support clinical diagnostics and translational research. Working closely with bioinformaticians, scientists, clinicians, and technical teams, you will help develop solutions that enable the analysis and interpretation of genomic data for both clinical and research use. Responsibilities include integrating and adapting pre-existing software packages and algorithms, developing scalable and reliable software solutions, and supporting the management and utilization of publicly available, commercial, and proprietary genomic data sources. The successful candidate will apply software engineering best practices to build and maintain high-quality applications and services while contributing to the continuous improvement of the genomics technology ecosystem. This role provides opportunities to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams, grow technical expertise in clinical genomics, and contribute to the advancement of precision medicine initiatives at Children's Hospital Colorado.

The Genomics Software Engineer Professional is responsible for standard level work in systems analysis, design and applications programming for single and multiple information systems, software applications, architectures, data warehouses, databases, and data extraction and reporting. Duties include designing, planning, testing, implementing, maintenance, problem solving, documenting, and developing software code, standards, principles and practices.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyzes, designs, builds, modifies, implements, tests and debugs new or existing software applications, architectures, databases, and systems integration to automate business processes, as applicable.
• Designs, develops, tests, debugs, implements, and prepares flow charts for both new and existing systems.
• Participates in Production Support on-call rotation as necessary.
• Prepares time lines, project plans and flow charts for the development or enhancement of new and existing software application programs.
• Gathers, analyzes and documents business and user requirements, functional requirements and data specifications.
• Designs, writes and documents technical specifications to design or redesign complex applications.
• Collaborates with applications staff and users of information systems to evaluate, plan, design, develop, test, implement, and maintain application development efforts and/or reports. Works with applications staff to translate and document user needs and system requirements into report specification and/or technical documents. Integrates data between multiple systems for reporting as necessary.
• Collaborates with database tuning and configuring; developing backup and recovery processes, repeatable methods to refresh non-production environments from production, data life-cycle management, and system upgrades. Writes stored procedures, packages, and functions.
• Recommends, develops and creates peripheral technologies and IT processes in support of application platforms.
• Recommends, develops, documents and maintains software coding and development standards, principles and practices.
• Troubleshoots performance and system availability problems ensuring quality of the enterprise application and/or data warehouse. Consults with end users and information technology staff to identify user problems.

Shift

Precision Diagnostics Laboratory

Monday - Friday

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Eligible for remote schedule for eligible states.

Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree is required.

EXPERIENCE - Minimum of three (3) years of related experience is required.

EQUIVALENCY - Combination of post-high school education, job related certification and/or related experience equivalent to seven (7) years may be considered in lieu of minimum requirements.

CERTIFICATION(S) - None

LICENSURE - None

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven development experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (Python, C++, Pascal, or other).
• Proficiency with relational databases and UNIX environment.
• Experience developing algorithms processing next-generation sequencing data and working knowledge in electronic health record (EHR) data structures are a plus.

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $97,718.13 to $146,577.20

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

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