At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way: We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care
- We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work
- We Are Stronger Together: We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins
- We Care Deeply: We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other
The Principal Data Engineer will contribute to Veracyte’s success by designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud data infrastructure, pipelines, and solutions in support of company’s data engineering needs. In addition to the regular duties of a Data Engineer, the Principal Data Engineer will play a key role in evaluating and implementing a data catalogue in support of our global data strategy and policy. This is a hands-on-keys role in addition to supporting the company’s broader digital transformation strategy.
This is a hybrid position based out of our San Diego office. We are also open to remote, ideally West Coast (PST).
Key Responsibilities:- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient data infrastructure and pipelines for Lake and Mesh systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Optimize data retrieval and processing for improved performance and reliability.
- Implement data security measures and ensure compliance with data governance policies.
- Design and implement a data management framework encompassing a catalogue of diverse internal and external source data, catering to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Identify and assess data sources across the organization.
- Evaluate and buy or design and develop a user-friendly data catalogue application.
- Ensure data cataloguing aligns with best practices and industry standards.
- Provide training and support to users of the data catalogue.
- Support the development and implementation of data strategy and policies.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define key business requirements.
- Provide technical expertise and recommendations for data policy implementation and engineering controls.
- Ensure alignment of data engineering practices with the overall data strategy.
- Mentor and guide junior data engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience (BS), 6+ years (MS) in data engineering or similar role.
- Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
- Expertise and production deployment experience in the AWS and GCP ecosystems.
- Experience with data warehousing, ELT processes, and data modeling.
- Familiarity with data cataloguing tools and best practices.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
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The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Veracyte is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.
What We Can Offer You
Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About Veracyte
Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global genomic diagnostics company that improves patient care by providing answers to clinical questions, informing diagnosis and treatment decisions throughout the patient journey in cancer and other diseases. The company’s growing menu of genomic tests leverage advances in genomic science and technology, enabling patients to avoid risky, costly diagnostic procedures and quicken time to appropriate treatment. The company’s tests in lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, bladder cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are available to patients and its lymphoma subtyping and renal cancer tests are in development. With Veracyte’s exclusive global license to a best-in-class diagnostics instrument platform, the company is positioned to deliver its tests to patients worldwide. Veracyte is based in South San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com and follow the company on X (Formerly Twitter).
Veracyte, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Veracyte participates in E-Verify in the United States. View our CCPA Disclosure Notice.
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