The Staff Software Engineer will develop cloud-based software for cancer detection, lead cross-functional programs, and mentor team members in software engineering best practices.
Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.
We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.
GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.
For more information, please visit grail.com.
Grail is looking for a full-stack engineer who enjoys working on a broad array of software systems and projects. The team is responsible for patient-facing software used for The Galleri® Test as well as gathering clinical data. We strive to build a robust and scalable infrastructure as well as easy-to-use UI interfaces. Our technical stack consists of Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Microservices, and React.
Responsibilities
- Use your experience developing backend applications and distributed systems to build native cloud-based software that is leveraged by GRAIL’s key commercial offerings for the Galleri® Test : my.grail.com and provider.grail.com
- Develop and lead multiple large cross-functional / cross-organizational programs with high complexity, resource requirements and associated risks.
- Drive improvements for the software engineering organization based on understanding of business needs and industry trends
- Provide technical leadership in the form of standards, tools, and knowledge requirements for the software engineering organization
- Guide and mentors team members to provide an example of innovation and excellence
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Bioinformatics, or similar technical field or equivalent.
- 8+ years of meaningful work experience designing, developing, testing, and maintaining full-stack applications and microservice ecosystems.
- Excellent knowledge of general-purpose programming languages including - Go Language, Python, Java, JavaScript, C++, React, SpringBoot, Spring, Angular, Maven, Docker, Redis, MySQL, & Postgres.
- Experience developing distributed systems on one of the cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience with writing and executing test protocols
- Passion for designing and building practical high-quality software solutions.
- Strong professional written and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with gRPC, terraform, AWS is a plus
- Willingness to add value to the team!
Expected full time annual base pay scale for this position is $163K-$216K. Actual base pay will consider skills, experience and location.
Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individual performance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-term incentive plan to align company and colleague success over time.
In addition, GRAIL offers a progressive benefit package, including flexible time-off, a 401k with a company match, and alongside our medical, dental, vision plans, carefully selected mindfulness offerings.
GRAIL is an Equal Employment Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodate all individuals with disabilities so that they can participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. GRAIL maintains a drug-free workplace.
Top Skills
Angular
AWS
C++
Docker
Go
Grpc
Java
JavaScript
Kubernetes
Maven
Microservices
MySQL
Postgres
Python
React
Redis
Spring
Spring Boot
Terraform
GRAIL Menlo Park, California, USA Office
GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. We also have a number of employees who are working remotely. Our bay area office has a employees working in our labs, software engineering, clinical development and more.
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