Software Engineer

Company: 23andMe, Inc
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: March 20, 2025

Job Description:

23andMe is looking for an experienced, self-directed Software Engineer for the ancestry services and compute pipelines engineering team. We are responsible for designing, building, and managing large scale services at 23andMe that serve both external and internal customers. We support backend services that are critical to customer's experience on the website, build libraries in support of internal research, and power machine learning and model development. We are passionate about building services that are performant, scalable, reliable, and secure. 23andMe has one of the largest databases of genetic data and the challenges we deal with and solve are unique. You will work within a collaborative environment of small fast-paced development teams that have a mix of veteran engineers and recent graduates. Come join us in our mission to be the world's trusted source of personal genetic information!Who We AreSince 2006, 23andMe's mission has been to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome. We are a group of passionate individuals pushing the boundaries of what's possible to help turn genetic insight into better health and personal understanding.What You'll Do

• Design, develop and maintain reliable scalable services, backend APIs and web applications to solve complex large scale engineering challenges at 23andMe
• Develop and support compute pipelines that provide results to customers and internal teams
• Take part in on call rotations for the operational support for mission critical systems
• Build and rely on CI/CD methods and automatic testing to ensure reliable code, continuously delivered
• Collaborate with other engineering teams, product, security to deliver on strategic projects as well as maintain operational excellence of existing services
• Drive technical excellence through code and design reviewsWhat You'll Bring
  • B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent education, plus 2 years industry experience
  • Expertise building libraries and services in Python, ideally in AWS.
  • Passion for backend systems engineering
  • Hands-on experience working with CI/CD deployment pipelines, Docker containers, and testing frameworks
  • A team player attitude with comfortability operating in a highly collaborative environmentTools and Systems We Use and Teach
    • AWS, CloudFormation, Terraform
    • Python, Bash
    • Django, FastApi
    • Docker, DroneAbout Us23andMe, headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is a leading consumer genetics and research company. Founded in 2006, the company's mission is to help people access, understand, and benefit from the human genome
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