Software Engineers (Genomics): Architecting Computational Pipelines
About this role
What We're Researching
We're hiring software engineers to discuss the architecture of scalable computational pipelines for genomic data. Building these environments from scratch requires a unique intersection of domain knowledge and engineering rigor. Your feedback will inform how robust bioinformatics infrastructure is designed and deployed.
How It Works
You will participate in a remote, AI-moderated interview focused on your engineering workflows. During the session, you will walk us through how you design and build scalable environments from the ground up. We will ask you to detail the specific challenges of handling bioinformatics data and the technical tradeoffs you make. The conversation will flow through your recent projects, architectural decisions, and deployment strategies.
Who This Is For
We welcome backend software engineers, bioinformatics scientists, genomics data engineers, and computational biologists with strong architectural experience. You should have a proven track record of building scalable data pipelines from scratch. Ideal candidates will be highly comfortable discussing both the biological domain constraints and the underlying software engineering principles.
What You'll Do
Walk us through your process for architecting computational pipelines from scratch
Explain how you handle the unique scale and complexity of genomic data
Discuss the technical tradeoffs involved in building bioinformatics environments
Detail your deployment strategies and infrastructure choices
Who Should Apply
Professional experience as a software engineer or computational data engineer
Deep domain expertise in genomics or bioinformatics
Hands-on background in building scalable computational environments from the ground up
Comfortable discussing technical architectural decisions
Compensation
$100 per hour
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About Terac
Terac is building the world's largest pool of vetted human experts for AI. Researchers, AI labs, and product teams use Terac to recruit, screen, and pay study participants across industries, languages, and skill sets.
Learn more at terac.com or on YouTube at @jointerac.
Company at a glance
Terac is an AI-native two-sided marketplace headquartered in downtown San Francisco that connects enterprises with specialized expertise to high-quality professionals on demand. The company's mission is to fundamentally change how labor is allocated globally by using AI-driven matchmaking to connect experts with work opportunities based on thousands of signals about capability, performance, preferences, and potential. Currently placing thousands of experts per month across 50+ projects for 25+ clients, Terac serves leading AI research companies, market research firms, data companies training AI models, and research organizations. With a panel of 100,000+ professionals and ambitions to scale to 10 million, the company has achieved an eight-figure annual run rate and expects to exceed $10 million in revenue in the next year. Having raised $9 million in seed funding, Terac is preparing to launch a Series A round while rapidly expanding its team from 4-5 people to approximately 15 members, with plans to reach 30 by year end.
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