Bioinformatics Engineer - Software Development - PHP (Remote)

Summary

Quest Diagnostics is a healthcare diagnostics company with a Bioinformatics team focused on advancing patient care through innovative software solutions. The role develops, deploys, and maintains applications that handle genetic data while collaborating with Data Science and Bioinformatics teams in an agile environment. The position also emphasizes testing, code reviews, cloud scalability, and system modernization.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain software application
• Ensure user requirements and performance standards are met
• Deploy and manage applications for scalability and reliability
• Participate in agile workflows, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery
• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure code quality
• Conduct peer code reviews to uphold development standards

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 1+ Years of Relevant Experience
• Proficiency in modern software development practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, version control, testing frameworks)
• Experience with PHP, Laravel, MySQL
• Familiarity with agile methodologies
• Test-driven development mindset and experience writing tests
• Excellent communication skills to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• This role is required to collaborate with teams in US and EU, and at least 2 hour overlap during their business hours is expected
• Proficiency in full stack development, including front-end, back-end, and databases
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a commitment to continuous learning
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Adaptability to new tools and technologies
• This professional will work in a 100% remote capacity and must be located in the US
• Knowledge of the health industry or interest in genetics and bioinformatics
• Experience implementing solutions in the cloud. AWS is preferred
• Experience with designing and working with application programming interfaces (e.g. JSON based RESTful APIs)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 1+ Years of Relevant Experience
• Proficiency in modern software development practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, version control, testing frameworks)
• Experience with PHP, Laravel, MySQL
• Familiarity with agile methodologies
• Test-driven development mindset and experience writing tests
• Excellent communication skills to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• This role is required to collaborate with teams in US and EU, and at least 2 hour overlap during their business hours is expected
• Proficiency in full stack development, including front-end, back-end, and databases
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a commitment to continuous learning
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Adaptability to new tools and technologies
• This professional will work in a 100% remote capacity and must be located in the US

Nice to Haves

• Knowledge of the health industry or interest in genetics and bioinformatics
• Experience implementing solutions in the cloud. AWS is preferred
• Experience with designing and working with application programming interfaces (e.g. JSON based RESTful APIs)

Benefits

• 100% remote work capacity