DevOps Engineer

In case you would be interested, please attach your CV in English. Please note that this role is open to candidates residing in Europe and depending on the country, we can offer either an employment contract or a freelancing consulting agreement.

A Little Bit about Us
VarSome.com is the world’s leading website for professional human genetics. With more than 5 000 citations in scientific papers, 60 000 registered professional users, we are seeking to bring together all the human expertise in molecular genetics. VarSome Clinical is a comprehensive decision support software platform for genetic testing.

VarSome is created by Saphetor, a Switzerland-based precision medicine company with offices in Lausanne, Boston, and Athens, using bioinformatics to apply human genome data to improve health and lives worldwide. 

Saphetor is pioneering the use of big-data sequencing technology, such as exome and whole-genome sequencing, for clinical practice. We are involved in both clinical research and diagnostics, providing our clients with quality analysis and interpretation of next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) data. All our services are provided over the web, and our VarSome.com website is the world’s prime reference for genetic variant interpretation.

The Opportunity
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role will be instrumental in building, deploying and managing our cutting-edge infrastructure and applications. Also, you'll leverage your expertise in automation, cloud technologies and modern DevOps practices to ensure reliability, scalability and performance. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and you are passionate about best practices, we want to hear from you!

Role Responsibilities

• Design,build and maintain our infrastructure using IaC principles with Terraform and CaSC with Ansible
• Work closely with software engineers to design, deploy and manage applications, running on Linux servers  in AWS and GCP, OCI as well as in on-premises servers
• Develop and maintain our CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Workflows for seamless application delivery. Manage code repositories and collaboration through GitHub.
• Proactively troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement  remediation fixes to ensure business continuity with minimum downtime
• Continuously investigate and suggest improvements to improve system performance, scalability and cost-effectiveness
• Collaborate with peers and architects to ensure compliance to company standards best practices for security
• Design, implement and manage scalable logging,monitoring and alerting systems
• Utilize Python and Bash scripting to automate operational tasks and improve efficiency
• Configure and manage our API ecosystem using APISIX Gateway

What you will bring:

• University degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 4+ years of work experience as a DevOps Engineer and/or similar role
• Minimum 4 years of work experience with UNIX/Linux systems, including configuration, troubleshooting, and scripting with Python and/or Bash
• Strong experience in:
  -Agile methodologies, including frameworks like Scrumban
  -IaC tools like Terraform and/or CaSC tools like Ansible
  -Docker containerization and orchestration with Nomad
  -Version control systems, particularly Git and GitHub
• Good knowledge of:
  -Consul for service discovery and APISIX Gateway for API management
  -Building and managing CI/CD pipelines, preferably with GitHub Workflows
  -Logging and monitoring tools (e.g., Elasticsearch, Kibana, Grafana, or cloud-native solutions)

• Fluency in English (written and spoken)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in Agile environments using Jira and Confluence
• GCP or AWS certifications (nice to have) 
• Be a flexible team player with demonstrated ability in self-organization, task prioritization and estimation
• Proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and learning new technologies
  

Your career journey with us includes, among others:

• A position in a fascinating healthcare growth domain, at the cutting edge of technology and research
• A competitive compensation package 
• Remote work with occasional meetings. Everyone in the company speaks fluent English and the company is very experienced in coordinating a regionally distributed team, using an agile workflow.
• Endless learning opportunities, while transferring new technologies from academics to clinical practice all over the world.

Saphetor is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and our employees, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, medical condition or disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, or marital status.