Remote Senior Bioinformatics Engineer: Production NGS

OMG Technology; Jersey City (NJ); A distancia; USD 96.000 - 165.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

OMG Technology is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable NGS pipelines for clinical diagnostics. The role emphasizes production-grade software, Nextflow orchestration, and cloud deployment on AWS.

The candidate will collaborate with bioinformatics scientists, R&D, DevOps, and clinical teams to transition research algorithms into production environments, ensuring reproducibility and compliance with clinical standards.

Formación

• MS or PhD in Bioinformatics, CS, Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of relevant experience, incl. 5–8+ years in bioinformatics software engineering.
• Proven track record building production-grade NGS pipelines.
• Advanced Python and software engineering practices.
• Strong Nextflow and Seqera Platform experience.
• Experience deploying scalable bioinformatics workflows on AWS.
• Hands-on with Docker, Git, CI/CD and automated testing.
• Experience in regulated clinical environments (ISO 13485, IEC 62304, ISO 15189, or equivalent).
• Understanding of NGS assays and clinical diagnostics.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and optimize scalable NGS bioinformatics pipelines for clinical diagnostic applications.
• Build and maintain workflow orchestration using Nextflow and Seqera Platform.
• Develop production-ready bioinformatics software using Python.
• Deploy, scale, and optimize genomic analysis pipelines on AWS.
• Implement containerized workflows using Docker and Singularity.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and controlled releases.
• Ensure reproducibility, traceability, validation, and compliance with clinical standards.
• Collaborate with bioinformatics scientists and clinical teams to productionize research algorithms.
• Optimize pipeline performance and cloud cost control.

Conocimientos

Python

NGS pipelines

Production software

Remote collaboration

Educación

MS/PhD in Bioinformatics or related field

Herramientas

Nextflow

Seqera Platform

AWS

Docker

Singularity

Git

CI/CD

Descripción del empleo

OMG Technology is seeking a Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable NGS pipelines for clinical diagnostics. The role emphasizes production-grade software, Nextflow orchestration, and cloud deployment on AWS.

The candidate will collaborate with bioinformatics scientists, R&D, DevOps, and clinical teams to transition research algorithms into production environments, ensuring reproducibility and compliance with clinical standards.