Senior Bioinformatics Engineer (Remote) Position Available In Hudson, New Jersey

Senior Bioinformatics Engineer (Remote) Quest Diagnostics Incorporated flex time, 401(k) United States, Jersey, Secaucus 500 Plaza Drive (Show on map) Jun 24, 2025

Pay Range:

$130,000.00 – $150,000.00 / year Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. Successful candidates may be eligible to receive annual performance bonus compensation.

Benefits Information:

We are proud to offer best-in-class benefits and programs to support employees and their families in living healthy, happy lives. Our pay and benefit plans have been designed to promote employee health in all respects – physical, financial, and developmental. Depending on whether it is a part-time or full-time position, some of the benefits offered may include:

• Day 1 Medical, supplemental health, dental & vision for FT employees who work 30+ hours
• Best-in-class well-being programs
• Annual, no-cost health assessment program Blueprint for Wellness
• healthyMINDS mental health program
• Vacation and Health/Flex Time
• 6 Holidays plus 1 “MyDay” off
• FinFit financial coaching and services
• 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of service
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Life and disability insurance, plus buy-up option
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Annual incentive plans
• Matching gifts program
• Education assistance through MyQuest for Education
• Career advancement opportunities
• and so much more!

Look for more than answers. At Quest, we are on a continuous journey of discovery and development. It’s this attitude that has made us an industry leader and the #1 Diagnostic Lab in the US. For those joining us, we offer exciting and fast-moving career opportunities where you can affect change at a rate unheard of in many organizations of our size and scope. While we invest in and develop technology to drive our innovations, our ongoing success relies on our people. Quest Diagnostics Specialty Genetics products provide specific answers that clinicians need to deliver the appropriate diagnostic and prognostic care to their patients. You will work for the world leader in the industry, with a career where you will have the opportunity to collaborate and affect change while expanding your leadership skills and technical knowledge. You can make a real impact in a market that is growing and developing. As a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer, you will work for the world leader in the industry, with a career where you will have the opportunity to collaborate and affect change while expanding your leadership skills and technical knowledge. You can make a real impact in a market that is growing and developing. This position is in our Operations group, part of the Research and Development organization, in Advanced Diagnostics based in Lewisville, TX. The role is specific to genetic testing in a highly regulated

CAP/CLIA

laboratory environment using short and long-read sequencing as the basis of evidence. The right candidate will know how to balance innovation and standards with a practical understanding of when each is appropriate. The Operations group supports, hones, and executes the processes defined by our Engineering group with emphasis in compliance and continuous improvement. Though coupled tightly to regulation through standards in validation, documentation, and data retention, the group is an integral part of the development cycle of our analysis workflows and visualization. This professional can work in a 100% remote capacity and must be located in the US. Execute and improve sequence analysis workflows and automation
Track, troubleshoot and mitigate issues encountered in processing production samples
Develop new software applications or customize existing applications to meet specific scientific project needs.
Plan and develop solutions to recurring issues to be merged back into development branch maintained by the Engineering group
Develop and present web-based results and dashboards for clinical geneticists, medical directors and operations lab personnel staff, ensuring transparency and clarity in processes.
Generate, wrangle, merge and glean information from varied and complex data sets
Implement RESTful APIs to various systems including

LIMS, AWS

job runners and other systems necessary for data processing and execution
Perform validation, testing, and production deployment in pursuit of systems to standardize processes across all Quest Diagnostics genetic testing labs
Support production day-to-day operations and on-call off hours
Maintain production documentation for compliance and supportability of all bioinformatics processes in production environment
Produce charts and visualization in dashboards, reporting and in support of data driven hypotheses
Perform validations, formal testing, and deployment schemes to production systems
Perform validations, formal testing, and deployment schemes to production systems
Perform LIS support duties (maintain database for user, tests, clients….)
Support interface integrating and testing projects
Be an active team player and support the group
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities. Proficient in diagnosing and providing solutions for bugs and issues.
Support On-call rotations as needed.
7 years experience using formal programming and scripting languages
7 years experience working on a Linux command-line to process, parse, and merge varied data sets
3 years experience working with web services and implementing API communications (REST, SOAP, etc.)
3 years experience in a distributed HPC environment (cluster, cloud)
Experience developing production grade software both supportable and extensible
Experience with source control in a development, testing, and production environment
Automated testing experience: CI/CD experience preferred
Knowledge of CAP documentation requirements a plus
Current tech stack experience is a plus:

Programming Languages:

Python, PERL, Groovy, JavaScript

Frameworks:

Python Celery, Python Flask, React Native, Bootstrap

Environments:

R Statistical Language, iPython, Jupyter

Visualization:

Plotly, matplot lib, ggplot2/tidyverse, Tableau, d3.js

Database:

SQL (e.g., PostgresSQL, MySQL), MongoDB

Cloud Computing:

AWS EC2 and serverless, DNAnexus
Infrastructure management: Terraform

Pipeline Workflow Manager:

Nextflow

Source Control:

Git

CI/CD:

Gitlab/GitHub

Containerizing:

Docker Education:

Bachelor’s Degree Required

Master’s Degree or PhD Preferred Equal Opportunity Employer:

Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets or any other legally protected status.