Senior Software Engineer #4115 [3 Days Left]

GRAIL
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Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can becured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortalityand bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, andeffective technologies that can transform cancer care. We are ahealthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance earlycancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organizationof scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the powerof next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinicalstudies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science toovercome one of medicine’s greatest challenges. GRAIL isheadquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations inWashington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It issupported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical,technology, and healthcare companies. GRAIL is looking for afull-stack Senior Software Engineer to join its clinical softwareteam based in our London office. The team is responsible for thedevelopment of applications used to facilitate collaborationbetween GRAIL and its partners. As a Software Engineer, you willwork as part of a cross-functional team to design, develop and runsystems that power the safe execution of clinical workflows and thecollection of relevant data. Your work will support cancer researchand the development of GRAIL's multi-cancer early detection bloodtest. This is a hybrid role in our London office - Monday andWednesday. Responsibilities - Use your experience developingfull-stack applications to build software that supports cancerresearch. - Build and operate the infrastructure and tooling thatruns the systems and powers the team. - Work as part of across-functional team to overcome real-world problems thatsometimes can’t be solved with software alone. - Work on systemswhich are built in Go, Java, React & MySQL. PreferredQualifications - You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree inComputer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering,Bioinformatics or a similar technical field or equivalent. - 5+years of relevant work experience designing, developing, testingand maintaining software. - Familiar with at least one generalpurpose programming language such as Go, Java or TypeScript. -Experience working on cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, orMicrosoft Azure. - You are passionate about software engineering. -You have excellent logical reasoning and analytical skills, with apreference for simple solutions. - You are a strong written andverbal communicator and can adapt your communication style and thelevel of detail to your audience. - Experience with healthcare orbiotech systems is a plus. - You are within easy commute of centralLondon, this is a hybrid role spending Mondays and Wednesdays inthe office. Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible toparticipate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individualperformance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-termincentive plan to align company and colleague success over time.GRAIL is an Equal Employment Employer and does not discriminate onthe basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genderidentity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability orany other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodateall individuals with disabilities so that they can participate inthe job application or interview process, to perform essential jobfunctions, and to receive other benefits and privileges ofemployment. Please contact us to request accommodation. GRAILmaintains a drug-free workplace. Privacy Notice for UK Applicants#J-18808-Ljbffr

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