Software Engineer, High-Performance Pipelines

The Effective Altruism

SecureBioCambridge, MA, US

Cambridge, MA, US

1 month ago

Biosecurity & pandemic preparedness

Full-time

Salary

$165,000 to $190,000, depending on experience

Routes to impact

Direct high impact on an important cause

Description

Build high-performance computational pipelines for the world's largest metagenomic biosurveillance network detecting pandemic threats.

Scale processing from 50 billion read pairs per week while cutting turnaround time from 12 hours to 2 hours
Optimize detection algorithms across the full stack, from CPU cache patterns to complete algorithmic refactors
Own pipeline observability, cloud infrastructure, and reliability for wastewater and nasal swab sequencing data
Work in-person in Cambridge with comprehensive benefits including catered lunches and 401(k) matching

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