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Job Description:
This position is part of a multidisciplinary team of molecular pathologists, clinical lab scientists, variant scientists, and bioinformaticians analyzing clinical specimens using high throughput sequencing. As part of a recent UCLA-wide effort to expand in-house molecular diagnostics capabilities, you have a unique opportunity to design and deploy new software infrastructure for the Molecular Diagnostics Lab (MDL) at the Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine. A successful applicant will lead lab automation efforts, deployment of a Lab Information Management System (LIMS), and interoperability with a Lab Information System (LIS) managed by peers in UCLA Health IT.
Job Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related discipline
- 3+ years experience and a strong aptitude for software design and engineering
- Desire to learn and enjoys working in a team but can solve problems independently
- Experience with human genetics data, especially on NGS DNAseq and RNAseq data Advanced skills in Python (experience with JavaScript is a plus) with attention to documentation and style
- Intensive experience with GitHub and writing unit tests
- Ability to focus on code reusability and scientific reproducibility of all work, manual or automated
- Experience with command-line tools on Linux and BASH scripting/Unix command line
- Reading and comprehending SQL and PostgresQL
- Experience with workflow language such as Nextflow or WDL
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both biologists and coders
- Experience with High Performance Computing, Slurm, Azure Blob Storage, GitHub Actions preferred
- EPIC bridges certification and experience sending/receiving HL7 preferred
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