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# Sr Software Engineer (Data Engineering Team)

- **Company:** Foundation Medicine, Inc.
- **Location:** Morrisville, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $175,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, Big Data, Profiling, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Relational Databases, Database Design, Digital Assets, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Systems, Graph Database, Apache Hadoop, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Python (Programming Language), NoSQL, Object-Relational Mapping, Object-Oriented Software Development, Query Optimization, Scala (Programming Language), Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Workflow Management Systems, Data Processing, Cloud Platform System, Concurrency, Apache Spark, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Asynchronous Programming, Functional Programming, Data Delivery, Code Restructuring, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** May 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/72704177-sr-software-engineer-data-engineering-team

## About the Role

* Bachelors Degree
 * 5+ year(s) of software engineering experience, * Advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related concentration
 * Proficiency in two or more of the following software languages: Java, Scala, Python, or Go
 * 7+ years of prior software engineering experience
 * Deep professional experience with:
 + Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Airflow, Glue, Azkaban, and others
 + Relational databases, including
o SQL
o Database design
o Query tuning
o Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)

 + Data processing tools Spark, Storm, Hadoop, Heron, and others
 + Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar cloud platform
 + Object-oriented programming (OOP) and functional programming (FP) paradigms
 + Distributed event streaming systems: Kafka, Pulsar, Kinesis, and others
 + Profiling applications and JVM tuning
 + Containerization/containerized deployment of software: Docker, Kubernetes, and others
 + NoSQL database technologies such as document stores and graph databases
 * Concurrency and asynchronous programming concepts
 * Prior life science industry experience, particularly in genomics or biotechnology industry experience
 * Demonstrated understanding of Agile software delivery
 * Experience leading large-scale data warehousing and analytics projects
 * Professional experience developing software in a distributed computing environment
 * Expertise in languages covering both object oriented (OO) and functional programming (FP) paradigms
 * Strong refactoring abilities and test automation skills
 * Experience building and delivering Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) solutions
 * Lifelong learner mindset, passionate about software development
 * Strong interpersonal skills including successful collaboration and problem solving with other departments and colleagues
 * Understanding of HIPAA and importance of privacy of patient data
 * Commitment to reflect FMI's values: Integrity, Courage, and Passion

## Description

The Senior Software Engineer on the Data Engineering Team is broadly responsible for building and supporting software applications in use by the business; in particular, FoundationCORE and its components. The technical products developed by the incumbent help doctors match patients to more advanced treatment options. This role completes design, development, unit testing, code reviews, and generates technical documentation. The Senior Software Engineer has a high-level understanding of the codebase and is self-sufficient in at least one domain of FMI architecture. The incumbent makes well-reasoned decisions and trade-offs, is able to work in other parts of the codebase with guidance and, as an experienced practitioner, provides guidance to lower level Software Engineers., * Help to design, develop, and maintain a robust and scalable data platform.

 * Mentor and coach team members with less experience.
 * Write high quality distributed system software.
 * Build batch and streaming pipelines for the analysis of FMIs data assets.
 * Lead other team members in:
 + Investigating design approaches;
 + Prototyping new technologies; and,
 + Evaluating technical feasibility.
 * Implement algorithms developed by FMI data scientists.
 * Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements including, but not limited to, automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery and redesigning infrastructure for greater scalability.
 * Drive engineering best practices in the team.
 * Deliver contributions in an Agile approach and leveraging Agile methodology.
 * Other duties as assigned.


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