✦ Luna Orbit — Software Engineering

Senior Software Engineer, Variant Classification

at Laboratory Corp. of America

📍 2 Locations Hybrid 💰 $100K – $185K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
Salary $100K – $185K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Bachelor's in Life Sciences, CS, Engineering
Category Software Engineering

This role involves developing and maintaining bioinformatics tools for variant classification, supporting genomic data interpretation, and working with cloud-based infrastructure.

  • Design bioinformatics tools
  • Develop systems for variant interpretation
  • Optimize storage for genomic data
  • Collaborate with data scientists
  • Automate classification processes

The technical environment includes Python, relational databases, web frameworks, front-end technologies, RESTful APIs, microservices, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP.

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with 5+ years of experience in Python development, cloud platforms, and bioinformatics tools. They possess strong collaboration skills and experience working on genomic data interpretation systems.

Bachelor's degree in Life SciencesCSEngineering5+ years of recent professional software development experience5+ years of experience with Python5+ years of experience with relational databases5+ years of experience with web development frameworks5+ years of experience with front-end technologies5+ years of experience with RESTful APIs5+ years of experience with microservices architecture5+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines5+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWSAzureGCP)
Master's degree or Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/Computational Biologybioinformatic tools and annotationvariant databasesgenomic data resourcesSparknatural language processingsemantic enrichmentontologiesdata miningmachine learning/AIbiomedical terminologies
AWSAzureGCPClinVargnomADHGMD
Pythonrelational databasesweb development frameworksReactAngularVue.jsJavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLRESTful APIsmicroservices architectureCI/CD pipelinesDevOps practicesAWSAzureGCP
PythonPython (intermediate or higher)relational databasesweb development frameworksReactAngularVue.jsJavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLRESTful APIsmicroservices architectureCI/CD pipelinesDevOps practicesAWSAzureGoogle Cloud Platform
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationteamworkadaptability
Industry Healthcare IT
Job Function Developing bioinformatics software for genomic variant classification
Senior Software EngineerPythonrelational databasesweb development frameworksReactAngularVue.jsJavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLRESTful APIsmicroservices architectureCI/CD pipelinesDevOps practicesAWSAzureGCPvariant classificationbioinformaticsgenomic datavariant databasesclinical genomicsmicroservicesDevOpscloud platforms

Lack of experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Less than 5 years of software development experience, No background in bioinformatics or genomics, No experience with RESTful APIs or microservices

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