St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · 21 hours ago
Senior Staff or Principal Software Engineer, Rust Genomics Infrastructure
Memphis, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$126K/yr - $238K/yr
3+ years expSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a world-class pediatric research hospital dedicated to advancing treatments for catastrophic diseases. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer with expertise in Rust to lead software development for genomics analysis, focusing on problem-solving through technical analysis and community engagement in open-source projects.
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Responsibilities
Anticipate problems and opportunities in the scientific domain; advocate for strategic plans based on deep technical and scientific knowledge
Independently perform deep analysis of scientific data to identify problems and opportunities for improvement
Mentor junior staff in technical and scientific concepts and actively contribute to local body of knowledge
As part of a multi-disciplinary team, identify technical solutions to complex scientific problems and lead the implementation of those solutions
Serve as a technology advocate and technical thought leader within the assigned area, inspiring productive change through technology solutions, guiding application strategy, and providing recommendations for future development
Prepare scientific manuscripts and presentations
Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution
Maintains regular and predictable attendance
Perform the detailed design, coding, testing, and documentation of software utilizing established design/code standards and to the architectural patterns outlined by the development team
Independently identify and implement solutions to simple domain problems
Modify and maintain existing systems for adaptation to business and/or technology changes
Provide subject matter expertise for production systems, document maintenance, and system support procedures
Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and new technologies and presenting these for architectural review
Determine root cause for the most complex software issues and develop practical, efficient, and permanent technical solutions
Remain current in and actively contribute to the evaluation and adoption of new methods and technologies
Serve as a resource for junior staff for questions about the technical and scientific domains while continuing to actively grow in technical and scientific domain knowledge
Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution
Maintains regular and predictable attendance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, information science, business, or related field required
Minimum Requirement: Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience
Experience Exception: Master's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience
Experience with programming languages, databases, and software development lifecycle
Significant experience within the technical and/or scientific domain required
Proven leadership in earlier role/comparable role
Minimum Requirement: Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience required
Experience Exception: Master's degree with 1+ years of experience
Experience with programming languages, databases, and software development lifecycle
Preferred
Master's degree preferred
Experience with the position-specific technical stack preferred
Experience with the position-specific scientific domain preferred
Company
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$62.4MKey Investors
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2025-05-12Grant· $1.5M
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Leadership Team
Judy A. Habib
Chair, Board of Directors
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