Staff Software Engineer | Helix | Remote (United States)

Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA Full Time Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">You + Helix</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Helix is a place where innovators and doers gather in order to drive significant progress in population genomics. We have come together to work at the intersection of clinical care, research, and genomics.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">If you’re excited by the idea of making a meaningful impact and joining a team where we pride ourselves on driving innovation through fostering an environment with an emphasis on empowering one another to grow, Helix might be the place for you!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Helix + The World</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Helix is the leading population genomics company. Helix enables health systems, public health organizations and life science companies to accelerate the integration of genomic data into patient care and public health decision making.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We are continuing to scale our world-class team to support our dedication to empowering every person to improve their life through DNA.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Helix + Transparency</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">At Helix, we value transparency. You will find the expected compensation, interview process, what to anticipate during onboarding, and your first 90 days listed in the job description for all Helix roles.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What is special about this role?</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The Helix Data Engineering team plays a pivotal role in Helix’s efforts to provide a first-in-class clinicogenomics research dataset that serves our internal research team, provides operational insights back to health systems, and is a valuable asset in our growing Life Science business. Working closely with Research, Bioinformatics, and other Engineering teams, we are responsible for maintaining infrastructure that enables secure analysis of this quickly growing dataset. The patient is top of mind in everything we do, and your contributions here have the opportunity to improve the real world outcomes for everyone.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As a <strong class=" font-semibold">Staff Software Engineer</strong>, you will:</p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Maintain and evolve infrastructure that allows scientists to process and analyze Helix-produced clinicogenomics datasets.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Drive data infrastructure and data management strategy for clinical and genomic data, contributing to platform components and pipelines that increase the value and usability of these key assets.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate and work well cross functionally with product managers, bioinformaticians, scientists, other engineers, and business leaders.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Establish and maintain strong engineering best practices.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Own systems and services from development to production.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Mentor other team members to reinforce a culture of learning and teaching.</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About you:</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Reside in the US, Canada, Mexico, Chile or Colombia</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Bachelor&#8217;s/Master&#8217;s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field with 7+ years of experience; or PhD with 2+ years of experience</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proven experience in data engineering</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, Scala, or similar</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proficiency with distributed systems built on cloud infrastructure — AWS or similar</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling/frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Cloudformation, AWS CDK)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with authentication protocols such as OAuth, OIDC, SAML, and JWT</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proficiency in managing Identity and Access Management (IAM) configurations</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Expertise with distributed compute frameworks such as Spark, Dask, EMR, Databricks, or similar</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Expertise with ETL pipeline automation and workflow management tools such as Airflow, AWS Glue, AWS Step Functions, and CI/CD</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Familiarity with database design, data manipulation, and data quality techniques</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Adaptable in a fast-paced startup environment where priorities may change quickly and frequently</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Demonstrated willingness to learn new domains (e.g. genomics, healthcare) and associated technologies</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Pluses:</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with clinical data (EHR, FHIR, HL7, and/or claims data)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with OHDSI tools and data formats (OMOP, Atlas, etc.)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with AWS technologies such as AWS Lambda, S3, Athena, Redshift, Glue, API Gateway, Cognito, Lake Formation</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with front-end technologies (Javascript, Typescript, React, Vue, node).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience with machine learning or AI technologies, including LLMs.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proficiency with the principles of molecular biology and/or next-generation sequencing and genomics</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in the life sciences/pharmaceutical industry.</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For more information or to make an accommodation request reach out to <a href="mailto:HR@helix.com" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer">HR@helix.com</a>.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Expected Interview Process:</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">1</strong>) Recruiter Screen <strong class=" font-semibold">2</strong>) Manager Screen/Tech Screen <strong class=" font-semibold">3)</strong> Onsite <strong class=" font-semibold">4)</strong> Offer</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Expected Pay For This Role:</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">There are 3 distinct parts to your Helix offer: <strong class=" font-semibold">1)</strong> Base Salary <strong class=" font-semibold">2)</strong> Annual Bonus <strong class=" font-semibold">3)</strong> Equity</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Expected Helix Base: $166,000 &#8211; $226,750</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Expected Helix Discretionary Annual Bonus: 15% of your annual salary</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Equity: We offer generous equity at Helix. If you receive a Helix offer your recruiter will book dedicated time with you to educate you on our equity model.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The salary range above is our reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role across US locations. Actual starting pay will be based on non-discriminatory job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about your specific work location salary range during the hiring process.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Aside from working alongside brilliant, dedicated, passionate, down-to-earth, curious, warm, and thoughtful people, we also provide great benefits:</p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Comprehensive Health Insurance with Date of Hire eligibility<!-- -->
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Above average employer paid premium coverage</span></li>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">12 weeks Helix Paid Parental Leave option</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">401(k) with employer matching of up to 3% and 100% Vesting on the Date of Hire</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Comprehensive Well-Being Benefits<!-- -->
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">18 well-being programs covering financial, legal and wellness solutions</span></li>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Flexible PTO</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Remote options for many roles and a home office stipend</span></li>
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<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">What To Expect During Your Onboarding Week:</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">We want to make sure your first week is spent learning the foundations. You will be invited to live orientation sessions and spend time with your hiring manager developing your individual roadmap to success. This experience will include sessions that cover your benefits, security &amp; privacy training, an introduction to the OKR framework used at Helix and our communication tools and norms.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">What To Expect During Your First 90 days:</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">First 30 days: you’ll spend time learning the Helix way, completing training and onboarding for your roles, and getting introduced to your team and relevant stakeholders. You’ll also gain a deeper understanding of our customers, our products, the impact we make in the lives of our communities, and how to thrive at Helix through participation in Helix U.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Day 30 &#8211; 60: you’ll spend time contributing to projects, deeply familiarizing yourself with team and company processes, and developing a deeper understanding of Helix’s products, services and capabilities.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Day 60 &#8211; 90: you’ll build your OKRs with your manager, start to take ownership of projects and initiatives on your team, and begin to demonstrate your impact on the Helix mission.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><em>Helix is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.</em></p>
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