\nYou + Helix\n\nHelix is a place where innovators and doers gather in order to drive significant progress in population genomics. We have come together to work at the intersection of clinical care, research, and genomics.  \n\nIf you’re excited by the idea of making a meaningful impact and joining a team where we pride ourselves on driving innovation through fostering an environment with an emphasis on empowering one another to grow, Helix might be the place for you!\n\nHelix + The World\n\nHelix is the leading population genomics and viral surveillance company. Helix enables health systems, public health organizations, and life science companies to accelerate the integration of genomic data into patient care and public health decision-making.\n\nWe are continuing to scale our world-class team to support our dedication to empowering every person to improve their life through DNA.\n\nWhat is special about this role?\n\nYou will work cross-functionally with some of the best minds in biotech, genomics, and cloud, using bleeding edge cloud technologies in order to empower every person to improve their life through DNA.\n\nAs a Test Engineer, you will:\n\n\nWork alongside software engineers and software engineers in test, in an agile, product-driven environment.\n\nParticipate in requirements and design review meetings to create comprehensive test strategies, plans, and acceptance criteria.\n\nDesign, create, enhance, and maintain detailed test cases and conduct manual testing.\n\nCreate detailed validation deliverables such as Validation Plans and Validation Reports.\n\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and robust execution of testing as part of a regular release schedule.\n\nReport, track and escalate anomalies discovered during testing and ensure closure on issues.\n\n\n\n\n\nWork to understand our external and internal customers and advocate on their behalf.\n\n\n\n\nAbout you:\n\n\n3+ years of software testing and/or validation experience\n\nExperience in writing verification plans, test cases, executing and managing test cases using a test case management system, and writing verification reports to verify system functionality\n\nStrong understanding of SDLC processes, specifically agile scrum methodology\n\nExperience in medical, biopharmaceutical or device industries, and/or experience working in a clinical setting\n\nExperience finding and documenting software defects, and reproducing bugs\n\nExcellent organizational, problem solving, and analytical skills\n\nUnderstanding of test methodologies (E2E, acceptance, unit, load)\n\nStrong verbal and written communication skills\n\n\n\n\nPluses:\n\n\nUnderstanding NGS data analysis, variant interpretation, molecular biology, bioinformatics, or related field of biology\n\nFamiliarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks including 21 CFR Part 11, 21 CFR 820, Medical Device Data Software (MDDS), GAMP 5, and HIPAA\n\nWorking knowledge of at least one programming and/or scripting language (e.g., golang, python, bash, etc.)\n\nExperience with API testing\n\nExperience with automated testing frameworks (e.g., xUnit, Cucumber, Gingko, Selenium, JMeter)\n\nExperience with relational or other databases (e.g. postgres, mysql, DynamoDB)\n\nExperience testing cloud-native, microservice-based software architectures\n\nExperience testing serverless (e.g., AWS Lambda) and asynchronous (e.g., AWS SQS) software architectures\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s important to us:\n\n\nCuriosity — we are all passionate about the possibilities enabled by having access to your own genome\n\nResponsibility — we have an obligation to people and our partners to operate with highly credible research guided by well respected advisors, with clear and effective communication about our products\n\nAgility — flexibility and a desire to be nimble, smart, and effective are important to the Helix culture\n\nFollow-through — we’re building a diverse team with amazing track records of achievement in multidisciplinary environments\n\n\n\n\nWhat Helix has to offer you:\n\nAside from working alongside brilliant, dedicated, passionate, down-to-earth, curious, warm, and thoughtful people, we also provide great benefits:\n\n\nCompetitive compensation, Comprehensive Health insurance package including employer sponsored HSA \n\n12 weeks of Maternity or Paternity leave\n\n401(k) with employer matching and 100% vested on first day\n\nComprehensive Well Being benefits\n\nFlexible PTO\n\n\n\n\nHelix is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Testing, Senior, Internship, Digital Nomad, Marketing, Sales, SaaS, Microsoft, Legal, Engineer, JavaScript, Node, Backend, API, React, Scrum, Serverless and Cloud jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nChicago, Illinois, United States