Senior Data Engineer

4 days ago


South San Francisco, California, United States Character Biosciences Full time
Job Title: Senior Data Engineer

Character Biosciences is seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining our data science and ML infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with our DS, Genetics, and Engineering leads to execute on our vision for cutting-edge biomedical data and ML infrastructure.
  • Architect and optimize our databases and data warehouses to support both our drug discovery and clinical development workflows.
  • Build and scale automated data and ML pipelines to process biomedical data, such as sequencing data, medical records, and clinical images.
  • Integrate genetics and bioinformatics pipelines into our data platform and optimize their performance.
  • Design and integrate data products, including interactive dashboards and datasets, for use by scientists and clinicians for decision-making.
  • Implement processes to monitor our data quality and ensure our data is accurate and accessible to our internal science teams.
  • Implement best practices for data architecture, governance, and security.
  • Continuously evaluate new technologies and tools to improve the efficiency of our data infrastructure.
Requirements:
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
  • Strong proficiency with Java and Python development for data processing and analysis.
  • Familiarity with data pipeline orchestration tools, such as Airflow, Luigi, NextFlow, or Dataflow.
  • Experience in high-performance cloud computing environments, particularly GCP or AWS.
  • Strong proficiency in SQL and with database management, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, or NoSQL.
  • Experience with big data tools, such as Apache Spark, PySpark, or BigQuery, for data processing and analysis.
  • Experience in data architecture, ETL processes, and database optimization, including data schema design and version management.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on performance optimization and scalability.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally in a team-oriented environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working with biomedical data, such as electronic medical records, claims, sequencing data, and clinical images.
  • Experience productionizing and scaling ML workflows, particularly using vision or large language models (LLMs) for inference.
  • Familiarity with building interactive data visualization with tools, such as Shiny, Streamlit, Flask, or Django.

Character Biosciences offers a competitive salary, strong equity incentives, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and a flexible paid time off policy. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and supporting colleagues from all backgrounds and embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion as an integral part of our culture.



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