Staff Data Engineer

Job Title

Be a part of a highly collaborative team focused on delivering value to cross-functional partners by designing, deploying, and automating secure, efficient, and scalable data infrastructure and tools reducing manual efforts and streamlining operations.

Help model Grail data to ensure it follows FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable).

Drive the design, deployment, and automated delivery of data infrastructure, standardized data models, datasets, and tools.

Integrate automated testing and release processes to improve the quality and velocity of software and data deliveries.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams ranging from Research to Clinical Lab Operations to Software Engineering to provide comprehensive data solutions from conception to delivery.

Ensure all software and data meet high standards for quality, clinical compliance, and privacy.

Mentor fellow engineers and scientists, promoting best practices in software and data engineering.

Preferred Qualifications:

B.S. / M.S. in a quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computational Biology) with 8+ years of related industry experience, or Ph.D. with at least 5 years of related industry experience or equivalent.

Extensive experience developing with relational databases, data modeling principles, data pipeline tools, and workflow engines (e.g., SQL, DBT, Apache Airflow, AWS Glue, Spark).

Extensive experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployment (e.g., Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform).

Experience supporting data science and machine learning data pipelines, preferably in the context of biological data analysis and using Python.

Ability to embrace uncertainty, navigate ambiguity, and collaborate with product teams and stakeholders to refine requirements and drive toward clear engineering objectives and designs.

You are a strong written and verbal communicator and can adapt your communication style and the level of detail to your audience.

Expected full time annual base pay scale for the Bay Area is $163K-$216K. Actual base pay will consider skills, experience and location. GRAIL is an equal employment opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a workplace where every individual can thrive, contribute, and grow. It is GRAIL policy to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, medical condition, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.