# Senior Software and Algorithm Engineer

**Company**: Ultima Genomics
**Location**: Tel Aviv District, Israel
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Ultima Genomics is seeking a highly motivated Senior Software and Algorithm Engineer to join its team.

The engineer will help implement innovative bioinformatics algorithms and extract more insights from the data generated by the company's products.

Responsibilities:

- Participate in the architecture and software design of bioinformatics solutions

- Implement bioinformatic algorithms in efficient, reusable, and manageable C/C++ code

- Learn and analyze the complexity of required algorithms and find ways to implement them efficiently

- Work on existing and new pipeline infrastructures, both on-prem and in cloud environments

- Manage performance tuning, integrations, testing, and bug fixing

Qualifications, skills, knowledge, and abilities:

- BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

- MS degree or advanced studies in the above fields is a plus

- 5+ years of experience working as a senior software engineer

- 5+ years of experience working with C/C++

- Experience in implementing analytical algorithms in C/C++ or similar languages

- Experience with bioinformatics algorithms is a plus

- Familiarity with other programming languages such as Python, Java, R, Rust

- Familiarity with public cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), containers (Docker), and orchestrators (K8S)

- Knowledge of workflow management systems (e.g., Prefect, Airflow, Luigi)

- Familiarity with pipeline languages such as WDL, Nextflow, or Snakemake is a plus

## Skills

### Required
- C/C++
- bioinformatics algorithms
- software design
- pipeline infrastructures
- cloud environments
- workflow management systems

### Nice to have
- MS degree in relevant fields
- experience with bioinformatics algorithms
- familiarity with pipeline languages

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