Senior GPU Software Engineer, Bioinformatics

F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 308,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche Sequencing seeks a Bioinformatics Software Engineer to design and implement automated verification tests for bioinformatics components and pipelines used in sequencing products.

You will join a team building scalable NGS data analysis software and secure systems to enable researchers and clinicians to make faster, better health decisions. Collaboration with researchers and algorithm experts is essential, with GPU acceleration supporting this work.

Qualifications

• B.S./M.S./PhD in Software Engineering, Data Science or Computational Biology or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) using C++ and practical experience utilizing GPU-accelerated C/C++ libraries.
• Strong expertise in Python, including numerical computing and data science libraries.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and concepts.
• Experience designing, documenting and executing verification tests.
• Be self-driven, detail oriented, analytical and proven ability to learn quickly.
• Be a team player, customer focused with excellent interdisciplinary collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• As a Bioinformatics Software Engineer, design and develop automated verification tests for bioinformatics components and pipelines used in Roche Sequencing products.
• Be part of the team developing distributed, scale-out NGS data analysis software to ensure high software quality for gene sequencing research and disease diagnostics.
• Collaborate with research and algorithm experts, accelerating bioinformatics techniques using GPU hardware.
• Support software development lifecycle and Design Control process, improving quality and features based on design and requirements.
• Work with team members to continuously improve the software products and processes.

Skills

Object-Oriented Programming (C++)

GPU-accelerated C/C++ libraries

Python (data science libraries)

CI/CD tools and concepts

Designing/ executing verificationTests

Analytical / detail-oriented

Team player / collaboration

Self-driven

Education

B.S./M.S./PhD in Software Engineering, Data Science or Computational Biology or related field

Tools

AWS

Linux shell

Job description

Roche Sequencing seeks a Bioinformatics Software Engineer to design and implement automated verification tests for bioinformatics components and pipelines used in sequencing products.

You will join a team building scalable NGS data analysis software and secure systems to enable researchers and clinicians to make faster, better health decisions. Collaboration with researchers and algorithm experts is essential, with GPU acceleration supporting this work.