Data Platform Engineer, Content Development, QDI

Overview

At the heart of QIAGEN's business is a vision to make improvements in life possible.

We are on an exciting mission to make a real difference in science and healthcare. We are still the entrepreneurial company we started out as and have today achieved a size where we can bring our full power to many initiatives and to our presence across the globe.
Our most valuable asset are our employees - more than 6000 in over 35 locations around the world. Our ambition is to ensure we have outstanding and passionate people working in the best teams and we are constantly looking for new talent to join us.
There are few players who have shaped the world of modern science and healthcare as much as QIAGEN, and we have only just started.
If you are looking to advance your career, are seeking new challenges and opportunities, enjoy working in dynamic and international, diverse teams and want to make a real impact on people's lives, then QIAGEN is where you need to be.

Join us. At QIAGEN, you make a difference every day.

Position Description

QIAGEN Digital Insights is a leading provider of bioinformatics software and knowledge bases used by life scientists to gain insight from the molecular information in their biological samples. We have developed industry-leading software tools for analysis and reporting of biological data. We are passionate about our users, products, and our vision, and are seeking smart, motivated engineers and scientists who are eager to join our team in creating software that helps improve people's lives.

Our mission is to make improvements in life possible. We accomplish this by designing tools used in labs all over the world to facilitate scientific discovery and progress, focused on genomics.

As a Data Platform Engineer, you will play a critical role in building and scaling the systems that power the development of the world's largest biomedical knowledge graph.

Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, high-performance data pipelines to ingest and transform vast amounts of biomedical data.

- Develop tools and systems to reliably deliver high-quality content to application teams.

- Accelerate and improve existing systems and workflows, taking advantage of cloud-native technologies.

- Provide a delightful developer experience for our team of data engineers and content scientists, enabling them to deliver new data products faster.

- Lead the adoption of strong engineering practices throughout the team, including code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration.

- Continuously improve system performance and reliability through monitoring, profiling, and postmortems / root cause analysis.

Position Requirements

- Strong software engineering fundamentals, with experience in multiple general-purpose programming languages including Python and Java.

- 3+ years of industry experience in software engineering.

- Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), DevOps practices and tools, continuous integration (CI), and infrastructure as code (IaC).

- Experience building and deploying data pipelines using distributed frameworks such as Spark, Hadoop, or Airflow.

- A "roll up your sleeves" attitude: you take ownership of problems, relentlessly drill down to root causes, and fix issues at the source, learning new tools and technologies on the fly.

- Ability to efficiently drive complex projects to completion while working collaboratively across multiple teams, including DevOps, data and ontology engineering, QA, and application software engineering.

- Desire to learn the ins and outs of working with biomedical data in research and clinical applications. Prior experience with life sciences is a plus, but not required.

Personal Requirements

- Excellent critical and analytical thinking skills.

- Strong attention to detail.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Will be required to go onsite at the Redwood City (at least 4 days).

The estimated base salary range for this position is $130,000 - $160,000. Compensation will be based on the candidate's experience, skills, geographic location, and other job- related factors. In addition to base salary, we offer a total compensation package that includes a bonus plan and generous benefits.

What we offer

At the heart of QIAGEN are our people who drive our success. We act with passion, always challenging the status quo to drive innovation and continuous improvement. We inspire with our leadership and make an impact with our actions. We create a collaborative, safe and engaging workplace which forms the basis for high performing individuals and teams. We drive accountability and entrepreneurial decision-making and want you to excel your growth and shape the future of QIAGEN.

QIAGEN is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), sex stereotyping (including but not limited to assumptions about a person's appearance or behavior, gender roles, gender expression, or gender identity), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

QIAGEN complies with applicable laws regarding the confidentiality of employee health information and the reasonable accommodation of individuals with disabilities and/or sincerely held religious beliefs. Candidates who require accommodation should contact Benefits@QIAGEN.com . This policy is part of QIAGEN's ongoing efforts to support public health efforts and to ensure the safety and-well-being of its employees, customers, business partners, and community.