Engineering

Senior Software Engineer (Ancestry)

Sunnyvale, California, United States

23andMe Research Institute is looking for an experienced, self-directed Senior Software Engineer for the ancestry services and compute pipelines engineering team. We are responsible for designing, building, and managing large scale services at 23andMe Research Institute that serve both external and internal customers. We support backend services that are critical to customers’ experience on the website, build libraries in support of internal research, power machine learning and model development. We are passionate about building services that are performant, scalable, reliable, and secure. 23andMe Research Institute has one of the largest databases of genetic data and the challenges we deal with and solve are unique. You will work within a collaborative environment of small fast-paced development teams. Come join us in our mission to be the world's trusted source of personal genetic information!

Who We Are 

We are a group of individuals passionate about genetic discovery. 23andMe Research Institute is a nonprofit medical research organization that enables people everywhere to access their genetic information, learn about themselves, and participate in the world's largest crowdsourced research initiative. The Institute aims to be the world's most significant contributor to scientific advancement, uniting people with the common goal of improving health and deepening our understanding of DNA — the code of life.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop and maintain reliable scalable services, backend APIs and web applications to solve complex large scale engineering challenges at 23andMe Research Institute
• Develop and support compute pipelines that provide results to customers and internal teams
• Take part in on call rotations for the operational support for mission critical systems
• Build and rely on CI/CD methods and automatic testing to ensure reliable code, continuously delivered
• Collaborate with other engineering teams, product, security to deliver on strategic projects as well as maintain operational excellence of existing services
• Drive technical excellence through code and design reviews

What You’ll Bring

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent education, plus 5 years industry experience
• Expertise building libraries and services in Python, ideally in AWS
• Passion for backend systems engineering
• Hands-on experience working with CI/CD deployment pipelines, Docker containers, and testing frameworks
• A team player attitude with comfortability operating in a highly collaborative environment

Tools and Systems We Use and Teach

• AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation
• Python
• Django, FastApi
• Celery
• Metaflow
• Docker, Drone
• HBase, Spark

About Us

23andMe, headquartered in California, is a leading consumer genetics and research company. The company’s mission is to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome. 23andMe has pioneered direct access to genetic information as the only company with multiple FDA authorizations for genetic health risk reports. The company has created the world’s largest crowdsourced platform for genetic research, with 80 percent of its customers electing to participate. 23andMe research participants consent to research conducted by 23andMe which is overseen by an independent third-party Institutional Review Board (IRB) regulated under the 'Common Rule' (45 CFR part 46). More information is available at www.23andme.com/research.

At 23andMe, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.  If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at accommodations-ext@23andme.com. 23andMe will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.

Please note: 23andMe does not accept agency resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Thank you.