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# Principal Bioinformatics Software Engineer

- **Company:** Roche Laboratories Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $165,800.0 - $308,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Bioinformatics, C++ (Programming Language), Software Quality, Computational Biology, Continuous Integration, Python (Programming Language), Unix Shell, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Engineering, Software Verification, Numerical Computing
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/6868C659B72346149BA7D353507E7B14/job/

## About the Role

* B.S. or M.S. or PhD in Computational Biology or Bioinformatics or Biomedical engineering or related field.
 * 5+ years of experience in working with NGS data and bioinformatics pipeline verification.
 * Strong expertise in Python, including numerical computing and data science libraries.
 * Proficiency in AWS and Linux Shell environments
 * Experience designing, documenting and executing verification tests.
 * Be self-driven, detail oriented, analytical and proven ability to learn quickly.
 * Be a team player, customer focused with excellent interdisciplinary collaboration skills., * Proven expertise in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) using C++, and practical experience utilizing GPU-accelerated C/C++ libraries.
 * Experience with CI/CD tools and concepts.
 * Software verification experience focusing on medical device software or regulated applications.

## Description

* As a Bioinformatics Software Engineer, you will design and develop automated verification tests for the bioinformatics components and pipelines that are used in Roche Sequencing products. You will be part of the team developing cutting-edge, distributed, scale-out Next-Generation Sequencing data analysis software to ensure the highest possible software quality for gene sequencing research and disease diagnostics.
 * Work closely with research and algorithm experts, accelerating bioinformatics techniques using GPU hardware. Support software development lifecycle and Design Control process, working closely with team members to continuously improve quality and feature sets of the software products, based on technical design and requirements specificationsWork closely with team members to continuously improve the quality and feature sets of software products. This includes supporting the software development lifecycle and Design Control process, based on technical design and requirements specifications.


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