Bioinformatics Software Developer

Fulgent Genetics

$82,000.00 - $120,000.00 / yr

United States, California, El Monte

4401 Santa Anita Avenue (Show on map)

May 06, 2025

Job Details

Level		Experienced
Job Location		Fulgent 4401 El Monte - El Monte, CA
Position Type		Full Time
Education Level		4 Year Degree

Salary Range		$82000.00 - $120000.00 Salary/year
Job Category		Biotech

Description

About Us

Founded in 2011, Fulgent has evolved into a premier, full-service genomic testing company built around a foundational technology platform.

Through our diverse testing menu, Fulgent is focused on transforming patient care in oncology, anatomic pathology, infectious and rare diseases, and reproductive health. We believe that by providing a wide range of effective, flexible testing options in conjunction with best-in-class service and support, we can redefine the way medicine is managed for patients and clinicians alike.

Since integrating with our therapeutic development business, Fulgent is also developing drug candidates for treating a broad range of cancers using a novel nanoencapsulation and targeted therapy platform. By merging our fields of expertise, we aim to become a fully integrated precision medicine company.

Summary of Position

We are seeking an experienced full-time hybrid Bioinformatics/Software Developer to join our fast-growing family. We are an engineering and science focused culture with multiple technical teams: Interface, Workflow, Distributed Systems, Bioinformatics, Data Science, and IT.

We're the backbone of the company and work closely with other teams: Lab, Genetic Scientists, Research, Client Services, Marketing, Sales, and Management. Our primary responsibility is to ensure the operations of the lab, scaling its growth, and augmenting its capabilities.

You'll be evaluating operational processes, building solutions, developing algorithms, coordinating projects, and managing clinical genetic data. You will be conducting research using bioinformatics theory and methods, designing databases and developing algorithms for processing and analyzing genomic information, or other biological information. You are expected to learn about bioinformatics, genetics, and medical science to aid the diagnostic quest to improve the lives of the patients around the world. You are expected to perform administration, analyst, scientist, and engineering roles to aid our pursuit of providing next level diagnostic services to patients in need. You are expected to participate in bringing new diagnostic solutions to the market. You will be expected to apply computer science beyond programming.

Key Job Elements

This hybrid Bioinformatics/Software Developer role at Fulgent is an assortment of multiple professions. It is expected that all roles listed are fulfilled. The individual must have a strong understanding of each role and be able to fulfill them as needed within company projects, team projects, or within individual projects. We're the backbone of the company and work closely with other teams: Lab, Genetic Scientists, Research, Client Services, Marketing, Sales, and Management. Our primary responsibility is to ensure the operations of the lab, scaling its growth, and augmenting its capabilities. Specialized operational, analytical, and technical training for all roles are provided for entry-level hires.

All individuals in this position are expected to join projects, products, and teams within the capacity required of them. They are expected to be, or will become, strong at interdisciplinary knowledge sharing and exchange. This job position requires creative thinking, in-depth technical knowledge, and intellectual analysis. There will be times when you are expected to be project leaders and other times when you will be project members. This allows leaders to practice being followers and followers the opportunity to lead.

Your primary responsibility is to ensure successful operations within the lab. This may require you to solve complex business, scientific, or engineering problems using analytical, procedural, and/or creative abilities. It is expected that you will learn and understand our required clinical standards/guidelines (ACMG, ACOG, CLIA, CAP, HIPAA, HITECH, etc.) so that you may act as advisory specialists to other departments and leads. When capable and trained, it is expected that you will participate in establishing operational policy and procedures to be followed by other departments.

This position is not simple. This position is not standard. It will require a strong foundation within Computer Science, Mathematics, and/or Statistics to be applied within all roles. Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics are not industries within themselves, but a catalyst to other industries. As a clinical diagnostics lab, we are members of the healthcare industry. As a research lab, we are members of the genetic biotechnology industry. As a technology lab, we are members of the solutions, systems, and integration industry. It is expected that you will understand, or learn, genetics, biology, computation, business, operations, management, analytics, and administration. It is expected that you will understand, or learn, their applied forms of clinical reporting, diagnostic procedures, next-generation sequencing analysis, software engineering, bioinformatic annotation, product management, leadership, data science, business intelligence, and high-throughput workflow management.

You will be reporting to your department lead, Howard Dong. It is expected that you will be assisting your department and your department lead towards successful operations and successful projects.

Bioinformatics design, analysis, implementation, and support.
Data management, data maintenance and database administration.
Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture.
Identify, design, and implement process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalabilities.
Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.
Supporting business operations, processing, and exceptions.
Database design, analysis, implementation, and support.
System administration and maintenance.
Integrate multiple systems and perform analytics on large data sets.
Perform exploratory data analysis, generate and test working hypotheses.
Prepare and analyze historical data, identify patterns and correlations among data points.
Perform machine learning, natural language, and statistical analysis methods.
Meet with researchers to explain data, data analysis, insights and relationships within data.
Analyze and interpret research data, extract scientific relevance and formulate.
Produce reports from research data to meet end-user needs.
Collaborate and develop working relationships with clinical informatics, bioinformatics.
Collaborate with other database and software developers.
Systems design, analysis, implementation, and support.
Solutions design, analysis, implementation, and support.
Research design, analysis, implementation, and support.
Process design, management, implementation, and support.
Bioinformatics design, analysis, implementation, and support.
Product design, planning, implementation, and support.
Hardware specification, installation, and support.
Business analysis, design, implementation, and support.
Requirements gathering, management, and tracking.
Technical evaluation, review, and diagnostic troubleshooting.
Learning about genetics, bioinformatics, and medical conditions.
Learning about networks, infrastructure, and security.
Knowledge sharing, documentation, and presentation.
Communicate using diagrams, design documents, and workflow.

Analyst/Administrator Roles:

Bioinformatics Pipeline Administrator
Database Administrator
Data Management
Project Manager
Systems Analyst
Systems Architect
Systems Administrator
Interface Designer
Process Analyst
Business Analyst

Engineer Roles:

Data Engineer
Bioinformatics Engineer
Systems Engineer
Software Engineer
Bioinformatics Integration

Qualifications

Knowledge/Experience

Minimum BA/BS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics.
Exceptional ability at learning additional industries (Genetics, etc.).
Exceptional ability at data management and administration.
Exceptional ability at data analysis and creative thinking.
Exceptional ability at understanding mathematical and statistical concepts.
Exceptional ability at understanding computer science concepts.
Exceptional ability with languages such as: node.js, jQuery, Javascript, .NET, CSS, HTML5.
Exceptional ability with languages such as: java, scala, python, R, scripts.
Exceptional ability with SQL, PL/SQL.
Exceptional ability with User Interface Design.
Exceptional ability with Computer Architecture and Computer Science.
Exceptional ability with Software, Hardware, and Database Limitations.
Deep understanding of Networks, Security, Computation, Algorithms.
Deep understanding of Data Management Practices.
Experience with Presentation Tools, Office Software, and Project Schedules.
Experience with GIT Source Control, Windows, and Linux.
Experience manipulating data such as JSON, XML, CSV, XLSX, TXT.
Understanding of Browser, Hardware, and Database Limitations.
Understanding of User Locus of Control, User Psychology, and User Behavior.
Understanding of Project Management and Requirements Analysis.
Understanding of Process Management and Transaction Workflow.
Strong communication skills. Works well in teams.

Additional Skills

Understanding of Bioinformatics, Genetics, Biology.
Experience with Systems Operation, Administration and Maintenance.
Experience with Oracle, Sqlite, and others (MySql, PostgreSQL, NoSQL).
Experience with C/C++/mobile/other programming languages.
Experience with Python, Bash, Regular Expression.
Experience with Large Systems, Big Data, Complex Workflows.
Experience working with Business, Operations, and Marketing.

Environment

Fulgent Therapeutics LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The term "qualified individual with a disability" means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position.

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