Senior Scientific Data Engineer

Exact Sciences is dedicated to changing how the world prevents, detects, and treats cancer. The Senior Scientific Data Engineer will play a key role in designing, developing, and testing software applications, while also mentoring junior team members and ensuring application quality.

Responsibilities:

• Has complete knowledge, skills, and understanding of practices for complex programs and initiatives demonstrating creativity and substantial understanding of specialized techniques, processes, procedures
• Troubleshoot issues and problems of medium complexity for major software applications; break down complex tasks, make reasonable decisions, investigate and fix bugs, and operate independently
• Initiate independent designs that impact and influence the department’s delivery and approach. Lead reviewing design alternatives, problems, and solutions with an eye on limiting the need for later problem solving
• Consistently influence and make significant decisions within a project, demonstrating good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions based in a solid understanding of business strategy and best practices with minimal instructions for difficult or unpredictable situations
• Contribute individual capabilities to the achievement of group objectives, and work effectively with others in a group setting. This includes mentoring, coaching, and technical guidance for junior members of the team
• Build successful internal and external partnerships with peers, SMEs, stakeholders, and decision-makers
• Communicate clear and concise project plans/designs and status updates for a project
• Ability to work nights and/or weekends, as needed
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Engineering; or High School Diploma/General Education Degree and 4 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor's Degree
• Complete knowledge and full understanding of software development design and development, and relevant domain specific skills
• Spark on Snowflake or Databricks
• Python, Scala, SQL development
• ETL data pipelines
• Designing and implementing data modeling solutions using relational, dimensional, and/or NoSQL databases
• Database architecture testing methodology, including execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools
• Big Data file formats (Parquet, Avro, Delta Lake)
• Cloud Infrastructure services (i.e., AWS, SQS, S3, and GitLab)
• Agile development tools; including, but not limited to, JIRA, Confluence repository
• RestAPI development
• Tableau, ideally including performance optimization
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time