Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)
UW Laboratory Medicine | ONSITE (Seattle, WA) | Full-Time
Our department maintains all clinical testing and laboratory operations at the UW Medical Center, from sample collection to analysis and final reporting. We employ over 900 people and handle 30 million tests each year. In parallel, we research, develop and operationalize novel diagnostics in genomics, mass spectrometry, flow cytometry and automated imaging.<p>Hiring:<p>* Full Stack Developer * to support our clinical Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS) laboratory. Build tools to improve our operation efficiency, automation and capabilities for cancer diagnostics and precision medicine. This role is about 50% full-stack web development (Flask and React preferred technology), 20% Infra/cloud engineering (AWS), and 30% team immersion (strong verbal + design skills needed).<p>* Bioinformatics developer * also within our NGS laboratory. We're looking for someone to develop and maintain or oncology and/or germline NGS data processing pipelines, as well as investigate new opportunities in a translational research context.<p>Our stack: Primarily Python, React, and PostgreSQL. PHI-compliant AWS cloud infrastructure with push-to-deploy application servers.<p>Work environment: Flexible work/remote schedule (though must be able to come in at least 1 day per week), excellent UW benefits, cross-sectional work environment where you will be working with technologists, trainees, physicians and laboratory directors. The UW maintains a "Patients are First" model of operation-- your contribution at UW Laboratory Medicine will impact the health and lives of those patients!