Merck KGaA Darmstadt Germany-posted 9 months ago
$95,000 - $142,400/Yr
Full-time • Entry Level
Remote • Rockville, MD
Chemical Manufacturing

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join MilliporeSigma. Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you've got big plans - so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people's lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. Your Role: As a Software Engineer - REMOTE, supporting our East Coast Data Engineering & Master Data Management group in our Rockville Maryland facility, your role is to design, develop and implement software applications to support the full range of genomics service offerings. These services broadly span the product biosafety and pharmacogenomics fields.

  • Provide core computational/software development and technical functions supporting a range of genomics-based testing services.
  • Liaise closely with management and the bioinformatics and software engineering/IT teams and end users to understand needs and requirements to aid in software development.
  • Lead by example and work collaboratively to advance the application of bioinformatics in the field of biosafety testing.
  • Design and develop high performance code for processing high volume sequencing data and sophisticated algorithms supporting computational biology.
  • Troubleshoot algorithm design and related applications.
  • Identify and provide solutions to resolve complex problems in designs and refine code based on feedback from users/management.
  • Independently design and/or execute software development strategies to support a panel of genomics-based service offerings.
  • Communicate timelines, computational and related needs as well as bottlenecks to Management and to the team.
  • Participate in peer review process and assist with Statistics Computation and Coding, Information Technology and/or Quality Assurance requests.
  • Draft, review and/or revise applicable standard operating procedures and related documentation.
  • Initiate general change control process as required to maintain validated systems.
  • Contribute to troubleshooting of algorithm design and related applications.
  • Assist in the preparation of technical reports, product/project summaries and perform fundamental literature searches to keep abreast of the field.
  • Comply with all company safety regulations and procedures.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics or other Technology field with 3+ years' in information technologies or computational sciences/programming.
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics or other Technology field with 1+ years in information technologies or computational sciences/programming.
  • Doctorate degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics or other Technology field.
  • Fundamental knowledge of GLP and GMP regulatory requirements.
  • Proficiency in the use of complex computer systems/platforms including: Perl, Python, C, C++, JAVA, UNIX, SUSE Linux, Red Hat/CentOS.
  • Experience with Issue/Defect Tracking applications (Bugzilla, Bugzero, JIRA Request Tracker).
  • Experience with resources management (Torque/Maui).
  • Knowledge of Object-oriented Analysis and Design.
  • Familiarity with Version Control software like git, bitbucket, subversion, CVS, etc.
  • Experience with Apache Web Server (Javascript, PERL-CGI), Apache Tomcat.
  • Knowledge of XML, HTML, BSML, GFF3, FASTA, ASN.1, OBO.
  • Broad working knowledge and experience with relevant coding practices and techniques.
  • Broad coding and/or bioinformatics application experience.
  • Experience working on multiple OS platforms, including Linux.
  • Knowledge of safe working practices (environmental health and safety training).
  • Fundamental understanding of documentation control processes.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Experience with MediaWiki, Emacs, Eclipse IDE, vi, vim, gedit.
  • Experience with Test driven development.
  • Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to efficiently evaluate, prioritize and handle multiple dynamic projects and priorities.
  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
  • Life insurance.
  • Disability insurance.
  • 401(k) matching program.
  • Paid time off.
  • Paid holidays.
  • Short-term or long-term incentive compensation, including cash bonuses.
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