Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · 7 hours ago
Bioinformatics Software Engineer III
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$121K/yr - $200K/yr
2+ years expMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is dedicated to ending cancer for life through innovative research and personalized care. They are seeking a Bioinformatics Software Engineer to develop software systems for large-scale genomic data analysis, collaborating with scientists and clinicians to enhance cancer treatment.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain software that enables researchers to analyze, visualize, and interpret genomic data at scale
Work on infrastructure that directly supports large-scale research and translational efforts, including near–real-time analysis of patient tumor samples
Contribute across the full software lifecycle—from design and implementation to testing, documentation, and deployment—in a small, highly collaborative team
Building scalable pipelines for genomic data processing (single-cell WGS/RNA, long-read, Illumina)
Developing reusable software components, APIs, and data models
Optimizing workflows for HPC and cloud computing environments
Collaborating with biologists and clinicians to translate research and clinical needs into robust software solutions
Writing and maintaining documentation for deployment and user support
Participating in code reviews and design discussions, emphasizing maintainability and best practices
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or a related field
2+ years of relevant professional or research experience
Strong proficiency in Python
Experience with workflow systems such as Nextflow and/or Snakemake
Experience with containerized environments (Docker, Singularity)
Comfort working in Linux/HPC environments and on the command line (bash)
Familiarity with Conda-based dependency management
Basic familiarity with R
Preferred
Cloud computing platforms (AWS, GCP)
CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
Frontend or web-based systems (basic maintenance)
Prior experience with genomic, biomedical, or clinical data
Company
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life.
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$102.31MKey Investors
Hyundai Hope On WheelsMassMutual FoundationNational Cancer Institute
2024-08-28Grant· $0.1M
2023-07-12Grant· $0.01M
2022-09-27Grant· $0.2M
Leadership Team
Jeffrey Richard
Vice President for Development
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Cole Manship
Director of Product, MSK Direct
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