Software Engineer II, Integrated Genomics

MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
New York, United States of America
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Role details

Contract type
Internship / Graduate position
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate
Compensation
$ 161K

Job location

New York, United States of America

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles
JavaScript
Adobe InDesign
API
Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
CSS
Command-Line Interface
Code Coverage
Software Quality
Code Review
Relational Databases
Database Queries
Github
Python
Laboratory Information Management Systems
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Software Construction
TypeScript
Backend
Information Technology

Job description

  • Collaborate with a small team of full-stack engineers to design, develop, and maintain software supporting genomic workflows.
  • Implement new features and fixes across key platforms, including our LIMS, dataarchiving pipelines, and internal delivery APIs.
  • Build intuitive user interfaces usingReact,JavaScript, andTypeScript, and contribute to backend services inNode.js,Python, and/orJava.
  • Write clean, maintainable code and contribute to unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  • Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and GitHub-based development workflows.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot systems in a data-intensive environment, helping improve performance and reliability.
  • Work with wetlab scientists to translate their needs into technical solutions.
  • Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code-completion and code-review assistants) to increase development speed, code quality, and test coverage while maintaining strong engineering standards

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or a related technical field; or 2-4 years of relevant experience. Master's Degree preferred.
  • 2+ yearsof experience building software through professional work, internships, research, or substantial personal/opensource projects.
  • Familiarity withHTML,CSS,JavaScript/TypeScript; experience withReactpreferred.
  • Exposure to back-end development usingJava,Python, orNode.js.
  • Understanding ofRESTorGraphQLAPIs.
  • Basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases (e.g.,MySQL,PostgreSQL).
  • Comfortable working in aLinuxenvironment and using command-line tools.
  • Interest in genomics, bioinformatics, or scientific/healthcare data (preferred but not required).
  • Experience with AI coding assistants-or interest in learning them effectively

Core Skills:

  • Excellent communication skills with both technical and nontechnical partners.
  • Curiosity and a growthoriented attitude; eager to learn from mentorship.
  • Collaborative approach to collaboration, including pairing and code review.
  • Ability to incorporate AI-assisted tools thoughtfully while maintaining independent problem-solving skills.
  • Customer-focused orientation-motivated to improve scientist and analyst workflows.
  • Organized, reliable, and able to spearhead work in a fast-paced research environment.

Benefits & conditions

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Pay Range: $100,600.00 - $161,000.00

FSLA Status: Exempt

Closing:

At MSK, we believe in fair, competitive pay that reflects your job, experience, and skills.

About the company

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursueour missionat MSK and around the globe. Exciting Opportunity at MSK:Memorial Sloan Kettering'sIntegrated Genomics Operation (IGO)is seeking aSoftware Engineerto join ourData and Software Engineering Team! In this role, you will help design, build, and support platforms that capture, organize, and deliverpetabytes of genomic data, powering breakthrough cancer research across MSK. You'll work closely with and collaborate with the Senior Software Engineer leading the team, gaining mentorship while contributing to production-grade systems used by researchers and clinicians. This is a great opportunity for an emerging engineer who wants hands-on experience building real-world systems in a mission-driven, research-focused environment-while learning to leverage modern AI development tools in a rigorous engineering setting.

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