Job description
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is headquartered in Carlsbad, California, with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, and Dublin, Ireland. For more than 30 years, Ionis has been the leader in RNA-targeted therapy, pioneering new markets and changing standards of care with our novel antisense technology. Ionis currently has three marketed medicines and a premier late-stage pipeline highlighted by industry-leading cardiovascular and neurological franchises. Our scientific innovation began and continues with the knowledge that sick people depend on us, which fuels our vision to become the undisputed leader in genetic medicine, utilizing a multi-platform approach to discover, develop and deliver life-transforming therapies.
As the first company to fully harness the power of RNA technology for human therapeutics, Ionis’ platform continues to revolutionize drug discovery and transform lives for patients with unmet needs. We are building upon our innovative research and drug development excellence to provide greater value to patients, and we are well positioned financially to deliver on our strategic goals.
Ionis is a challenging, motivating and rewarding environment designed to foster innovation and scientific excellence. Our success is a direct result of our outstanding employees. We are interested in bringing together a diverse group of individuals with different skill sets and perspectives into this creative environment to be part of a productive and inclusive team. While acknowledging people are actively engaged in hybrid/remote work, we continue to invest time, money, and energy into making our workplace locations a place where our culture and employees can thrive. We believe engaging on a day-to-day basis, in person, builds solid and lasting relationships, and contributes positively to our culture and innovation. From the heart of our stunning Carlsbad campus, we aim to provide a central connection point for all our employees. These facilities give us the opportunity to connect cross-functionally, collaborate and to build on the success of our business as we continue to grow. Join us and experience our unique culture while you develop and expand your career.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Ionis is seeking an experienced and self-motivated software engineer to work as part of the Research Software team in Functional Genomics. The selected candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary and highly innovative team designing and implementing tools to support our drug discovery research efforts. Work will include Docker-based web services delivering rich data-driven user-interfaces for the interrogation of complex biological and chemical data.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop tools for various research teams that help medicinal chemists, biologists and computational biologists better capture and leverage in-house and external data in their research
- Maintain legacy java software and migrate legacy java software into contemporary technologies (java or node/typescript)
- Create new backend services to accommodate our expanding infrastructure
- Enhance institutional data access using tools like RESTful API’s and modern web UI/UX frameworks
- Work directly with end-users to troubleshoot and/or design and prioritize feature enhancements to existing tools
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree; advanced degree in related field preferred
- 3+ years software development experience
- Proficient with Java, Node.js, Git, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
- Knowledge of Java GUI frameworks like Swing, AWT
- Knowledge of web frameworks like Jersey or Spring
- Knowledge of Maven and Gradle
- Experience with software test automation
- Experience with relational databases
- Experience deploying services using AWS services and Docker
- Strong Linux skills
- Must have excellent communication and requirement gathering skills
- An ability to be productive and successful in an intense work environment
- Able to learn new technologies quickly and jump in anywhere in our stack
- Experience with bioinformatics and genomics is a big plus
NICE-TO-HAVE:
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience with noSQL databases
- Experience with a web app component-based framework
Ionis offers an excellent benefits package! Follow this link for more details: Ionis Benefits
Full Benefits Link: https://www.ionispharma.com/careers/working-at-ionis/#:~:text=our%20employee%20spotlight-,Benefits,-Employees%20are%20rewarded
The pay scale for this position is $90,000 to $135,000
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. PRINCIPALS ONLY.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and all its subsidiaries are proud to be EEO employers.
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