Bioinformatics Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer – Bioinformatics


Daley And Associates is currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design, improve, and scale production software supporting bioinformatics workflows.


This is a software engineering-focused position, rather than a research or data science role. The ideal candidate will have a strong Computer Science background and experience building scalable, production-grade applications using Rust and Python within a genomics or bioinformatics environment.

This is a remote role and pays a salary range of $170,000.00-$190,000.00.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support production software for large-scale genomic data processing.

• Build and optimize high-performance applications using Rust and Python.

• Improve application performance, scalability, concurrency, and memory efficiency.

• Integrate Rust-based functionality into existing Python applications and services.

• Design and optimize database solutions using MongoDB and relational databases.

• Develop software supporting genomic analysis and variant-processing workflows.

• Build automated testing and validation processes to maintain application reliability.

• Troubleshoot application and performance issues within Linux-based environments.

• Collaborate with engineering and scientific teams on new functionality and technical improvements.

Qualifications

• 5 years of professional software engineering experience.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Strong development experience with Rust and Python.

• Experience building and supporting complex applications in a production environment.

• Strong understanding of software architecture, testing, SDLC, and performance optimization.

• Experience with MongoDB and relational databases, including data modeling and schema design.

• Experience integrating Rust and Python; PyO3, Maturin, or similar technologies is a plus.

• Professional experience within bioinformatics, genomics, computational biology, or a related environment.

• Familiarity with genomic file formats such as FASTQ, BAM, CRAM, and VCF.

• Experience working with sequencing data and genomic processing workflows.

• Strong Linux/Bash skills.

Additional Experience

The following experience would be beneficial but is not required:

• PhD or other advanced degree in a relevant technical discipline.

• Software development experience within regulated, clinical, healthcare, or other quality-sensitive environments.

• Experience with distributed or high-performance computing systems.

• Experience optimizing computational workloads for CPU or GPU environments.

• Experience developing applications using TypeScript.

• Experience supporting very large datasets and high-volume processing systems.

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to Ryan at Rhult@daleyaa.com with the subject line “Bioinformatics Software Engineer – Daley”