About the Job
The Software Engineer II, Computational Biology (WebApps Team) primarily develops web applications and rest endpoints that organize and display data from a highly concurrent, data-intensive pipeline infrastructure. This position completes design, development, unit testing, code reviews and technical documentation.
Code created in this position is to be reusable, testable, efficient, clean and well commented. This full stack engineer fully understands the web applications and services space, makes well-reasoned decisions, well-reasoned trade-offs, and is able to work in other parts of the codebase with guidance.
Key Responsibilities
- Help define and participate in software development processes that leverages best practice and supports continuous product delivery.
- Create custom programs and applications as designated by business need.
- Write, test, and refactor code that is reusable, testable, efficient, well architected, and well commented.
- Define and document architecture and formal technical specifications based upon information provided.
- Maintain efforts for product or platform to be resilient, cloud-native, secure, and scalable.
- Collaborate with team members to deliver complex production-ready projects.
- Ensure code adheres to patterns and any established standards.
- Participate in regular peer design and code reviews.
- Conform to coding conventions and all aspects of the software development life cycle.
- Deliver contributions in an Agile approach and leveraging Agile methodology.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 2+ years of Software Engineering experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in Java and JavaScript
- Java Spring, Hibernate, Maven, or similar frameworks
- React, or similar UI framework
- AWS or similar cloud computing platform
- Unit and Integration testing
- Git, or another version control system
- Relational databases, database design, object-relational mapping (ORM)
- SQL and query tuning
- Knowledgeable about Unix or Unix-like operating systems
- Enterprise distributed messaging systems
- Genomics domain experience
- Familiarity with continuous integration, continuous deployment, and Agile concepts
- Understanding of HIPAA, the importance of patient data privacy, and of regulated software engineering environments
- Commitment to reflect Foundation Medicine’s values: Integrity, Courage, Passion
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Boston, MA is $114,080 - $140,000 per year. The salary range is commensurate with Foundation Medicine’s compensation practice and considers factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, external market conditions, criticality of role, and internal equity. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for Foundation Medicine's benefits.
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About UsSkills Required
- Bachelor's Degree
- 2+ years of Software Engineering experience
- Proficiency in Java
- Proficiency in JavaScript
- Experience with Java Spring, Hibernate, Maven or similar frameworks
- Experience with React or similar UI framework
- Experience with AWS or similar cloud platform
- Unit and integration testing experience
- Experience with Git or another version control system
- Relational databases, database design, and ORM experience
- SQL and query tuning
- Knowledgeable about Unix or Unix-like operating systems
- Experience with enterprise distributed messaging systems
- Familiarity with continuous integration, continuous deployment, and Agile concepts
- Understanding of HIPAA and regulated software engineering environments
- Genomics domain experience
Foundation Medicine Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Foundation Medicine and has not been reviewed or approved by Foundation Medicine.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Bonuses and long-term incentives are described as competitive and a meaningful component of total rewards. Annual bonuses tied to personal and company outcomes feature alongside base pay.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical and dental coverage is a core element of the package. Health plans are positioned as robust and well-rounded rather than minimal.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings include flexible or unlimited PTO and paid parental leave, supporting work–life balance. Extra paid downtime has been referenced alongside standard PTO.
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What We Do
Foundation Medicine is a molecular information company dedicated to a transformation in cancer care in which treatment is informed by a deep understanding of the genomic changes that contribute to each patient's unique cancer. The company offers a full suite of comprehensive genomic profiling assays to identify the molecular alterations in a patient’s cancer and match them with relevant targeted therapies, immunotherapies and clinical trials. Foundation Medicine’s molecular information platform aims to improve day-to-day care for patients by serving the needs of clinicians, academic researchers and drug developers to help advance the science of molecular medicine in cancer. For more information, please visit us at www.FoundationMedicine.com or follow @FoundationATCG on Twitter. Community Guidelines: bit.ly/FMICommunityGuidelines
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