Senior Software Engineer

SOPHiA GENETICS; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 71,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Boston office

Medical/Dental/Vision

Job summary

SOPHiA GENETICS is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and optimize scalable backend services for the SOPHiA DDM Platform. You will contribute to high-volume data processing and deliver robust integrations with hospital systems.

Join a hybrid Boston-based team, working 3 days on-site and helping advance data-driven medicine in cancer and rare diseases worldwide. You will shape features, performance, and reliability across the tech stack.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a comparable role.
• Solid proficiency in Java for backend services.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture.
• Experience with public APIs including API definition and change management.
• Proficiency with databases like MySQL, MariaDB, and DuckDB, including design and query optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and continuously improve robust services that are scalable and efficient while fitting into overall system architecture.
• Implement new features across core components, public API and middleware for new integrations with hospital systems.
• Support existing live integrations with customers and propose enhancements based on feedback.

Skills

Java backend

Microservices

Public APIs

Linux & GitLab

Performance tuning

Cloud containers

Observability

AI tooling

React.js

Genomics knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree

Tools

Micronaut

Kafka

Grafana

Loki

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Are you an experienced Software Engineer with a passion for building and improving scalable, high-performance systems? Are you looking for a team that embraces fresh ideas, encourages an agile approach, and ensures your voice is heard and your contributions truly make an impact?

If this sounds like you and you are driven by purpose, join the SOPHiA GENETICS Software Engineering team as our newSenior Software Engineer, and enable us to make a positive impact on the outcomes for cancer and rare disease patients worldwide.

This is a hybrid opportunity, requiring 3 days onsite our corporate office in Boston, MA.

Our Mission

We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in healthcare and our cloud-native AI powered SOPHiA DDM Platform makes that vision a reality on a daily basis. You will have direct input to our mission to democratize data-driven medicine for the ultimate benefit of cancer and rare disease patients across the globe.

Your Mission

As aSenior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, optimizing, and continuously improving software solutions, while contributing to technical initiatives and ensuring the solutions meet both business and technical requirements.

Your work will enable healthcare institutions in setting up diagnosticworkflowsthat integrate seamlessly with theSOPHiADDMplatform – processing high-volume of medical data and bringing insights for oncologists via a streamlined process.

These components span the complete technology stack of SOPHiA DDM as well as the middleware layer responsible for integration and connectivity between SOPHiA DDM and external hospital systems. Your expertise will ensure these components not only scale effectively but also remain efficient in terms of performance and cost, while being extended with features required for new integrations.

The value you bring

• Design, develop, and continuously improve robust services that are scalable and efficient while fitting into overall system architecture
• Implement new features and enhancements across SOPHiA DDM core components, public API as well as middleware layer to enable setup of new integrations with external hospital systems of our customers
• Support existing live integrations with customers, propose and implement enhancements based on customer feedback and to achieve system robustness goals

• Ensure components perform reliably under high workloads, optimize system performance, resource utilization, and task execution times, contribute to improvements in system stability
• Optimize deployment workflows, automate pipelines, and enhance infrastructure management for efficient and reliable application deployment

• Implement and maintain monitoring systems to track performance and identify bottlenecks, use existing observability tools like Grafana and Loki to provide insights into operational health
• Use cutting edge AI tools and software engineering best practices to boost productivity across all workstreams

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a comparable role, holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree (or higher)
• Solid proficiency in Java for backend services
• Solid understanding and extensive working experience with microservices architecture
• Solid experience with public APIs including API definition and change management
• Proficiency with databases like MySQL, MariaDB, and DuckDB, including design and query optimization
• Power user of latest AI tools and agent orchestration in all stages of software life cycle
• Knowledge of HL7 and FHIR standards for healthcare data exchange is a strong plus
• Familiarity with Linux environments and GitLab for version control and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in optimization of system performance, manage resources effectively, and improve execution time – esp. when dealing with large data volumes
• Experience with scalable architecture, particularly in cloud environments and containerized infrastructure
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Loki
• React.js experience for front end development is a strong plus
• Experience with Micronaut for developing microservices and backend solutions is a strong plus.
• Knowledge of Kafka is a plus
• Experience in genomics is beneficial

Benefits

You will be joining an organization with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we pursue exponential growth.

Business recognition and accolades include:

• World's most innovative companies (Top 10)
• World's smartest companies (Top 50)
• 100 Best Places to Work in Boston
• Top 10 European Tech Startup
• Top 10 European biotechs startup to watch
• Top 25 East-Coast Biotech to watch

Our benefits package is comprehensive, but varies internationally in-line with local standards and laws. You can discuss a full breakdown with us, but as a brief overview:

US:

Outstanding Medical, Dental & Vision with 90% Employer Contribution

Company matched 401K at 4%

Company-paid short & long-term disability insurance

FSA commuter benefits

20 Days PTO, increasing to 25 with tenure; 5 Days Sick and 14 Public Holidays

Free EAP

Our DNA

Like the strands of DNA itself, SOPHiA GENETICS and the team are deeply interconnected and reliant on each other to deliver. There are common threads across the team. Things that bind us together. Those things are Relentless Curious; Resilient & Nimble and Fearlessly Adventurous

Our Virtues

At SOPHiA GENETICS we established our 7 Virtues to clarify how our principles show up each day through action. We Decide; We Do; We Collaborate; We Innovate; We Empower; We Adapt and We Learn.

At the centre of our Virtues is our Mantra, We Care, which provides a constant reminder of the compassionate, benevolent, and hopeful nature of our mission and how it should be threaded through each of our Virtues and everything we do. Learn more about our DNA and Virtues on our Careers portal

The Process

We use the power of AI to help our partners make decisions. If you’re utilizing AI in your search and application process, why not use some of these prompts, or read our AI guide.

‘What impact can I expect to have on the world by working at SOPHiA GENETICS?’

‘I have an interview with SOPHiA GENETICS. What should I know before I meet with them?’

‘I am a *job title* - What can SOPHiA GENETICS offer my career?’

Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business.

If you need additional support or accommodations for accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance on [e-mail]. SOPHiA GENETICS recruiters only contact candidates from @sophiagenetics.com addresses and never request payment at any stage. Verify any offer before responding.

We appreciate the value external partners can bring, but we operate a direct-hiring model and we are not looking to utilize agency support at this time. All hiring is controlled by Talent Acquisition, potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.

Starting Date: ASAP

Location: Boston, MA - Hybrid 3x/week in office

Contract: Permanent

MA Pay Range: USD 71'250-143'750

Disclaimer:The estimated pay range represents a good faithestimate of what the Company expects to pay a successful applicant for the listed position andappliesspecificallyto candidates based in Massachusetts. Due to various factors, the estimated pay range may vary in other locations. Should the level or location of the role change during the hiring process, the applicable base range may be updated accordingly. Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications, job related skills, years of experience, location, relevant education or training, internal equity, and alignment with market data. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity.