Senior .NET Software Engineer - Biotech Instrumentation (JP11059rTO)

Senior.NET Software Engineer Biotech Instrumentation

Job Title: Senior .NET Software Engineer Biotech Instrumentation (JP11059rTO)

Location: Thousand Oaks, CA, OR South San Francisco

Business Unit: Research & Automation Technologies (R&AT) - Center for Research Acceleration through Digital Innovation

Employment Type: Contract to Hire

Duration: 3 years with likely conversion to FTE

3 Key Consulting is hiring Senior Software Engineer for a consulting engagement with our direct client, a leading global biopharmaceutical company.

Job Description

Manager is looking for onsite support, either to the Thousand Oaks or South San Francisco locations. This is a developer role and not a typical software engineer. They will be writing software for automation used in robotics for lab equipment.

Qualifications

• Manager needs individual with min Bachelors and 4 YOE or Masters with 2 YOE.
• Looking for expertise with Microsoft development technologies (Visual Studio,.NET framework, C#, WPF), and Python.
• Experience with cloud-based technologies, in particular AWS.
• Experience with database technologies (SQL Server, Oracle, NoSQL).
• Experience with DevOps (GitLab, TeamCity).
• The Research & Automation Technologies (R&AT) group within client's Center for Research Acceleration through Digital Innovation (CRADI) is seeking a highly creative candidate for a Senior Software Engineer position.
• This person will be responsible for the development and delivery of full-stack solutions that accelerate the discovery and development of Client's life-saving therapeutics. These solutions will require integration with multiple systems across our informatic ecosystem, using a variety of existing and emerging technologies, including source code repository and automated build system managements, AWS infrastructure management, device driver development, and data integration.
• This Senior Software Engineer will play a key role in developing solutions that enable the evolution of our Research labs into highly automated, highly integrated next-generation facilities.
• Our goal is to develop transformative, automated systems that fundamentally change the way science is executed in our Research labs. To effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders, an understanding of biology, chemistry and drug discovery is essential.

Why is the Position Open?

Staff Augmentation

Top Must-Have Skill Sets

• Expertise with Microsoft development technologies (Visual Studio,.NET framework, C#, WPF), and Python.
• Experience with cloud-based technologies, in particular AWS.
• Experience with database technologies (SQL Server, Oracle, NoSQL).
• Experience with DevOps (GitLab, TeamCity).

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Development of device drivers to facilitate lab instrument integration with controlling software
• Development of software to control small-scale lab instrument integrations
• Development of lab-specific informatic systems to manage individual labs' data and integrate it with Research Informatic Systems
• Development of lab automation control software scripts that control the execution of scientific protocols by lab automation

Employee Value Proposition

This is not a maintenance role. There is no one project. Every project is new and creative because the tools do not exist commercially. Excellent opportunity to see product in use in real time.

Interview Process

Phone interview with 3-4 team members