Front End Software Engineer - Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics

Job No: GC288
Location: Darlinghurst

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is about changing the practice of medicine. Its Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics (KCCG) is exploiting advances in genome sequencing technology to advance disease research, take the genome into the clinic, and change patient care. 

The opportunity:

As a KCCG Front End Engineer you will shape user-centric products that are critical for KCCG, as well as for thousands of researchers using your applications to interrogate the genomic data of the persons we sequence. You will work closely with other engineers in an agile software development environment. Clinicians, pathologists, bioinformaticians (data scientists), and researchers within KCCG and across the world will marvel at the elegance and simplicity of the interfaces you create. Your work will revolutionise the productivity of all these users, and directly impact on patient care and our understanding of the fundamentals of disease.

 

Required Skills and Experience

  • Craft aesthetically and functionally flawless user experiences.
  • Deliver expert level JavaScript, HTML, and CSS code for modern browsers.
  • Interface with engineers and product owners to plan and organize the development of our products.
  • Influence how and what we build with demonstrated technical expertise.
  • Understand and implement technologies across the full web stack.
  • Manage the release life cycle and feature roadmap of our products.
  • Demonstrated experience working in an agile environment
  • Experience with testing frameworks across languages including unit, integration and acceptance testing
  • Experience with source code management tools (Git preferable)
  • BS in computer science, engineering, or maths and science discipline.

 

How to apply:  

Please submit your application by visiting our career site: www.garvan.org.au/careers

 

In addition to your CV and cover letter please also attach relevant qualifications.

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