Software Engineer Ceres
Job Description
Ceres is seeking a Software Engineer for our innovative genomics application, Persephone. The Software Engineer will have the opportunity to play a significant role in the launch of our SaaS edition as well as enterprise-scale, client-server installations at major life science companies. As part of our dynamic and growing team, the Software Engineer will design computational tools for capture, analysis and visualization of research data and help extend and maintain existing applications written in C#.
Product Background:
Driven by dramatically lower costs, DNA sequencing is one of the most commonly used technologies in biological & medical research laboratories. Sequencing an entire genome now costs less than an MRI scan. This explosion of sequence data is being stored across a number of both private and public databases, many of which are poorly organized or curated. This creates a major hurdle in the efficient organization, analysis and interpretation of what has become an overload of data. Persephone has been developed to eliminate this bottleneck by enabling the rapid and easy visualization of large amounts of genomics data by experts and non-experts alike, in a manner that is intuitive, scalable and actionable. Specifically, Persephone has been designed with a number of optimizations to quickly fetch and render very large datasets. These include optimized database schema, proprietary compression, caching of data, multi-threading and other advanced techniques.
Company Background:
Ceres, Inc. is a leading agricultural biotechnology company based in Thousand Oaks, California. We use a combination of advanced plant breeding and biotechnology to develop seed products that we believe address the limitations of first-generation bioenergy feedstocks, increase crop productivity, reduce crop inputs and improve cultivation on marginal land. We also license our genetics technology, software and biotech traits to other organizations.
Position Responsibilities:
Programming software tools for loading and processing genetic information.
Developing graphical user interfaces for visual representation of various biological data that facilitate analysis for the researchers.
Integration of the results with other proprietary and publicly available data, design and implementation of high throughput systems for loading and generating genetic information.
Participation in development and maintenance of Oracle databases.
Skills/Requirements
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
At least 5 years of software development experience.
Proficiency in C# and .NET.
Proficiency in SQL (Oracle; PL/SQL is a plus), with knowledge of database administration.
GUI development experience.
Experience with database design.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with developers, analysts, and scientists.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in developing web application backends.
Experience with Linux.
Education in biological sciences.
Experience in developing commercial software.
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