At ShareProgress, our mission is to help progressive organizations achieve success through the use of data and technology. Innovations in these fields have made it possible to organize and campaign more effectively than ever before, but most groups don't have the knowledge or ability to take advantage of these advances. We help organizations like Greenpeace, Sierra Club, CREDO, Compassion & Choices, AFL harness these innovations for their work.
For us, progressive means more than just the political left. It describes any organization working to help and protect the less fortunate amongst us or to make life better for the population at large: improving our cities, protecting our environment, encouraging civic engagement, fighting for economic justice, and providing training and opportunities for those who haven't traditionally had access to them. Our primary focus is on nonprofit organizations, but we consider any company with an inherent social good mission to be progressive as well.
This role is full-time. Preference for the position will be given to candidates in San Francisco, but REMOTE work (including from outside the US) is a possibility.
Your Job:
- Scoping out, developing, and validating new features for the ShareProgress web tools
- Researching and making recommendations on third-party tech services to use with the platform, when appropriate
- Keeping an eye on scalability for all new development with the ShareProgress codebase
- Coordinating with the larger ShareProgress team on projects related to platform development
Experience with:
- Ruby on Rails
- Test-Driven Development using RSpec
- Developing scalable web applications (to handle hundreds of millions of records)
If you're a developer looking for an opportunity to work on progressive causes you care about...
At ShareProgress, our mission is to help progressive organizations achieve success through the use of data and technology. Innovations in these fields have made it possible to organize and campaign more effectively than ever before, but most groups don't have the knowledge or ability to take advantage of these advances. We help organizations like Greenpeace, Sierra Club, CREDO, Compassion & Choices, AFL harness these innovations for their work.
For us, progressive means more than just the political left. It describes any organization working to help and protect the less fortunate amongst us or to make life better for the population at large: improving our cities, protecting our environment, encouraging civic engagement, fighting for economic justice, and providing training and opportunities for those who haven't traditionally had access to them. Our primary focus is on nonprofit organizations, but we consider any company with an inherent social good mission to be progressive as well.
How We Achieve Our Mission:
- Enable progressive organizations to run more data-driven and tech-savvy programs
- Build a stronger, more diverse progressive technology community
- Grow ShareProgress into an institution that can directly support further innovation in the progressive space
This role is full-time. Preference for the position will be given to candidates in San Francisco, but REMOTE work (including from outside the US) is a possibility.
Your Job:
- Scoping out, developing, and validating new features for the ShareProgress web tools
- Researching and making recommendations on third-party tech services to use with the platform, when appropriate
- Keeping an eye on scalability for all new development with the ShareProgress codebase
- Coordinating with the larger ShareProgress team on projects related to platform development
Experience with:
- Ruby on Rails
- Test-Driven Development using RSpec
- Developing scalable web applications (to handle hundreds of millions of records)
Our goal is to make the human genome practically useful for life-altering decisions.
We've invented the Counsyl Test, a breakthrough diagnostic intended for parents planning to start a family. The test won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine, was named one of Scientific American's "Top 10 World Changing Ideas," and was featured in the New York Times. Our test is now prescribed by physicians for more than 12% of all carrier screens in the United States.
The cost of sequencing human genomes is plunging - over 5x faster than the cost of computing; the potential impact on preventive healthcare and the medical landscape is boundless. The science is there but the scale isn't. That's where Counsyl comes in. We are building the technology platform to make genomics useful and accessible to everyone.
The vast majority of our operations are powered by our own custom-built infrastructure on a Python/Django/Postgres stack, from ordering to lab processing to billing. We’re building new tools, new workflows, and new infrastructure to solve the challenging problems of a technology startup involved with not just bits, but also interconnected physical components like lab robotics and patient samples.
Don’t be intimidated if you don’t have a genomics background; solving these problems fundamentally requires software solutions. We’re looking for the best and brightest software engineers — strong generalists with solid CS fundamentals and practical software engineering intuition — to help us scale up genomics to billions of users.
Prerequisites:
- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Strong software engineering fundamentals: design, testing, version control
- Significant independent programming experience as demonstrated by a GitHub account, personal web page, or prior experience.
We like to see experience with:
- Python, Django, CoffeeScript, Backbone.js, Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS
- NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn
-Relational database systems, such as PostgreSQL
- Unix, Git, and other command line tools
Counsyl is a medical genomics startup in South San Francisco, California. Our goal is to make the human genome practically useful for life-altering decisions.
We invented the Counsyl Test, a breakthrough diagnostic intended for parents planning to start a family. It was featured in the New York Times, named one of Scientific American’s Top 10 World Changing Ideas, and won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine. Our test is now being used for 12% of all carrier screens in the United States.
The cost of sequencing human genomes is plunging - over 5x faster than the cost of computing; the potential impact on preventive healthcare and the medical landscape is boundless. The science is there but the scale isn’t.
That’s where Counsyl comes in. We are building the technology platform to make genomics useful and accessible to everyone.
The vast majority of our operations are powered by our own custom-built infrastructure on a Python/Django/Postgres stack, from ordering to lab processing to billing. We’re building new tools, new workflows, and new infrastructure to solve the challenging problems of a technology startup involved with not just bits, but also interconnected physical components like lab robotics and patient samples.
Counsyl: Medicine is now a software problem. Join us to write code that matters.
Software Engineer - South San Francisco, CA - Full-time
Counsyl's goal is to make the human genome practically useful for life-altering decisions. Over the last few years, we’ve grown from a Stanford dorm room to become one of the largest clinical genome centers in the world. Our pre-pregnancy genetic test is now prescribed by physicians for more than 2.5% of all births in the United States.
The cost of sequencing human genomes is plunging - over 5x faster than the cost of computing; the potential impact on preventive healthcare and the medical landscape is boundless. The science is there but the scale isn't. That's where Counsyl comes in. We are building the technology platform to make genomics useful and accessible to everyone.
Software is at the heart of Counsyl
The vast majority of our operations are powered by our own custom-built infrastructure on a Python/Django/Postgres stack, from ordering to lab processing to billing. We’re building new tools, new workflows, and new infrastructure to solve the challenging problems of a technology startup involved with not just bits, but also interconnected physical components like lab robotics and patient samples.
Don’t be intimidated if you don’t have a genomics background; solving these problems fundamentally requires software solutions. We’re looking for the best and brightest software engineers — strong generalists with solid CS fundamentals and practical software engineering intuition — to help us scale up genomics to billions of users.
Prerequisites:
- Working towards a BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
- Strong software engineering fundamentals: design, testing, version control
- Significant independent programming experience as demonstrated by a GitHub account, personal web page or prior internships.
We like to see experience with:
- Python, Django, CoffeeScript, Backbone.js, Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS
- NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn
- Relational database systems, such as PostgreSQL
- Unix, Git, and other command line tools
What you'll do:
- Move fast without breaking things :)
- Start in the areas you're familiar with, and grow to work on the full stack
- Work closely with a small, tight-knit team
- Develop algorithms and code for all aspects of clinical genomics, from machine learning to supply chain optimization to insurance billing
- Quite literally save lives with your keyboard
Perks:
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Generous equity package in a fast-growing startup
- Catered meals every day plus a fully stocked kitchen
- On-site gym access to work it off
- Dry cleaning and laundry service
Counsyl is a medical genomics startup with the goal of making the human genome practically useful for life-altering decisions. Over the last few years, we’ve grown from a Stanford dorm room to become one of the largest clinical genome centers in the world. Our pre-pregnancy genetic test is now prescribed by physicians for more than 2.5% of all births in the United States.
The cost of sequencing human genomes is plunging - over 5x faster than the cost of computing; the potential impact on preventive healthcare and the medical landscape is boundless. The science is there but the scale isn't. That's where Counsyl comes in. We are building the technology platform to make genomics useful and accessible to everyone.
Software is at the heart of Counsyl
The vast majority of our operations are powered by our own custom-built infrastructure on a Python/Django/Postgres stack, from ordering to lab processing to billing. We’re building new tools, new workflows, and new infrastructure to solve the challenging problems of a technology startup involved with not just bits, but also interconnected physical components like lab robotics and patient samples.
Don’t be intimidated if you don’t have a genomics background; solving these problems fundamentally requires software solutions. We’re looking for the best and brightest software engineers — strong generalists with solid CS fundamentals and practical software engineering intuition — to help us scale up genomics to billions of users.
Prerequisites:
- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Strong software engineering fundamentals: design, testing, version control
- Significant independent programming experience as demonstrated by a GitHub account, personal web page, or prior experience.
Our goal is to make the human genome practically useful for life-altering decisions.
We've invented the Counsyl Test, a breakthrough diagnostic intended for parents planning to start a family. The test won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine, was named one of Scientific American's "Top 10 World Changing Ideas," and was featured in the New York Times. Our test is now prescribed by physicians for more than 2.5% of all births in the United States.
We're looking for people who are excited about solving the practical last mile problems needed to actually achieve a return on our society's multibillion dollar investment in the Human Genome Project.
You should have a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent) and significant independent programming experience as demonstrated by Github account, personal web page, or prior employment.
You should also be a generalist, interested in rotating through the engineering team and working in one or more of these areas:
- Genomics: design, validate, and optimize clinical genomic assays for rare Mendelian variants
- Machine Learning and Data Science: extract meaning out of one of the largest clinical genomic datasets in the world
- Robotics: automate and scale our backend to do more clinical sequencing and genotyping than anyone has ever done before
- UI/UX: design the first widely adopted user interface for the medical genome
- Clinical Integration: solve the wide variety of practical issues associated with translating genomics into a clinical context
- Infrastructure: build and deploy the hardware and software systems that support secure, large-scale computations on genomic datasets
From a skills perspective, you should have familiarity with several of the following technologies. We obviously don’t expect you to know everything on the list, but you should be nodding to yourself by the end of it.
Again, please consider these guidelines, not absolutes. For example, if you know Chef, we figure you can learn Puppet, and if you know Ruby, we figure you can learn Python.
What you'll do
- Move fast without breaking things :)
- Start in the areas you're familiar with, and grow to work on the full stack
- Work closely with a small, tight-knit team
- Develop algorithms and code for all aspects of clinical genomics, from machine learning to supply chain optimization to insurance billing
Over the last few years, we've grown from a dorm room startup to become one of the largest clinical genome centers in the world. Our pre-pregnancy genomic test is now prescribed by physicians for more than 1% of all births in the United States.
As you might imagine, handling this kind of volume puts us in terra incognita. Our situation is similar to the one faced by Amazon in the 90s, before anyone knew how to scale an operation with such highly interconnected physical and informational components.
To solve the problems associated with scaling the medical genome, we hire generalists rather than specialists. Our engineers are pragmatists who know when to use machine learning and when to use a simple regex, and understand in what sense those approaches are at different ends of a continuum. Many did not have a bioinformatics background before they joined, but all had strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.
Experience in general means little to us as genomics is a young field; working code means quite a lot more. If this sounds like your kind of company, we invite you to apply.
About you
You should have a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent) and significant independent programming experience as demonstrated by Github account, personal web page, or prior employment.
You should also be a generalist, interested in rotating through the engineering team and working in one or more of these areas:
- Genomics: design, validate, and optimize clinical genomic assays for rare Mendelian variants
- Machine Learning and Data Science: extract meaning out of one of the largest clinical genomic datasets in the world
- Robotics: automate and scale our backend to do more clinical sequencing and genotyping than anyone has ever done before
- UI/UX: design the first widely adopted user interface for the medical genome
- Clinical Integration: solve the wide variety of practical issues associated with translating genomics into a clinical context
- Infrastructure: build and deploy the hardware and software systems that support secure, large-scale computations on genomic datasets
From a skills perspective, you should have familiarity with several of the following technologies. We obviously don’t expect you to know everything on the list, but you should be nodding to yourself by the end of it.
Again, please consider these guidelines, not absolutes. For example, if you know Chef, we figure you can learn Puppet, and if you know Ruby, we figure you can learn Python.
In general, you should enjoy taking care of the practical last mile problems needed to actually achieve a societal ROI on the world's multibillion dollar investment in the Human Genome Project.
What you'll do:
- Move fast without breaking things :)
- Start in the areas you're familiar with, and grow to work on the full stack
- Work closely with a small, tight-knit team
- Develop algorithms and code for all aspects of clinical genomics, from machine learning to supply chain optimization to insurance billing
- Quite literally save lives with your keyboard
What you'll get:
- Competitive compensation and start-up equity package
- Excellent health insurance
- Catered meals every day plus a fully stocked fridge
- Gym access to work it off
- MacBook Pro, 30" monitor, iPad, iPhone, and all the gadgets you need
At ShareProgress, our mission is to help progressive organizations achieve success through the use of data and technology. Innovations in these fields have made it possible to organize and campaign more effectively than ever before, but most groups don't have the knowledge or ability to take advantage of these advances. We help organizations like Greenpeace, Sierra Club, CREDO, Compassion & Choices, AFL harness these innovations for their work.
For us, progressive means more than just the political left. It describes any organization working to help and protect the less fortunate amongst us or to make life better for the population at large: improving our cities, protecting our environment, encouraging civic engagement, fighting for economic justice, and providing training and opportunities for those who haven't traditionally had access to them. Our primary focus is on nonprofit organizations, but we consider any company with an inherent social good mission to be progressive as well.
This role is full-time. Preference for the position will be given to candidates in San Francisco, but REMOTE work (including from outside the US) is a possibility.
Your Job:
- Scoping out, developing, and validating new features for the ShareProgress web tools
- Researching and making recommendations on third-party tech services to use with the platform, when appropriate
- Keeping an eye on scalability for all new development with the ShareProgress codebase
- Coordinating with the larger ShareProgress team on projects related to platform development
Experience with: - Ruby on Rails
- Test-Driven Development using RSpec
- Developing scalable web applications (to handle hundreds of millions of records)
- PostgreSQL and Heroku
Benefits: - Health/dental/vision insurance
- Stock options
- Team outings around SF
To apply or learn more, send your résumé to [email protected].