Senior Engineer, Data Science

Your experience includes… 

• BS degree in Bioinformatics, Informatics, Computer Science, Data Science or other related discipline and 5+ years of experience in software and/or data engineering; or MS degree with 3+ years of experience
• Proficiency in Python, Java, Typescript or another modern programming language
• Knowledge of pipeline software such as Airflow, Dagster and/or Nextflow
• AWS experience (Batch, ECS, EKS, EC2, RDS)
• Proficiency in relational databases and SQL
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with DevOps practices including automated testing, code reviews, infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines
• It's a bonus if you have experience working in a biotechnology organization

You are interested in… 

• Implementing and maintaining pipelines processing complex scientific data generated via multiple platforms
• Help design, build and maintain reliable data pipelines to move data across several platforms including applications, database and data warehouse
• Ensure structured and unstructured data and metadata is optimized for downstream use cases enabling core scientific capabilities
• Integrate data from a variety of internal and external sources
• Rapidly create targeted solutions to critical problems
• Design database model and data modeling
• Build strong relationships across data science and wet bench science
• Provide technical expertise for engineering projects on diverse platforms

About you: 

You are an enthusiastic, detail-oriented, and highly motivated data engineer who can help advance our scientific mission. You will develop and support a cloud-based architecture for data collection, integration and analysis for both internally and externally generated data. You will join the Data Science team and interact with computational biologists and our scientific platform teams to enable the discovery and development of novel gene therapy agents. You will serve as a designer and implementer of data solutions and expose the company to innovative technologies and systems that will help it achieve its goals

Tessera employees are creative and collaborative problem solvers. They have a strong sense of integrity and unwavering commitment to scientific excellence. 

Meet your Manager:

All inquiries regarding the posted position should be directed to the Talent Partner (see below). Interested individuals must apply directly to be considered for the opening. 

Grigoriy Sterin, Senior Principal Software Engineer brings 15 years of experience building advanced data analysis platforms and scientific workflow engines for scientists. Grigoriy has a background in both computer science and bioinformatics, which allowed him to develop robust technical solutions at companies like Tessera, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and EPAM Systems.

Meet our Leadership Team and Board of Directors 

Meet your Talent Partner:

Annie Edminster, Employee Experience and Talent Lead is originally from Maine. Annie obtained her Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University. She spent eight years in Biotech, Engineering and Tech agency recruitment, then joined Tessera in 2022. Annie loves watching her new hires grow in their careers and getting to know her colleagues from all over the world! She lives in New Hampshire with her robot-building husband, two feisty daughters, and two Siberian cats.  

Tessera offers a competitive package of base and incentive compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits program designed to support the health, wellness and financial security of our employees and their families. Benefits currently include group medical, vision and dental coverage, group life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company contribution, tuition reimbursement, and much more.

Company Summary:

Tessera Therapeutics is pioneering Gene Writing™— a new biotechnology designed to offer scientists and clinicians the ability to write small and large therapeutic messages into the genome, thereby curing diseases at their source. Gene Writing holds the potential to become a new category in genetic medicine, building upon recent breakthroughs in gene therapy and gene editing while eliminating important limitations in their reach, utilization, and efficacy. Tessera Therapeutics was founded by Flagship Pioneering, a life sciences innovation enterprise that conceives, resources, and develops first-in-category companies to transform human health and sustainability.

More about Tessera Therapeutics:

Tessera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic identified by federal, state, or local laws where we operate. Tessera provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. To begin an interactive dialogue with Tessera regarding a reasonable accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied, please contact the recruiter or Accommodations@tesseratx.com

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies:  Tessera Therapeutics does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Tessera Therapeutics or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Tessera Therapeutics’ internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Tessera Therapeutics, and Tessera Therapeutics will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.