Field Application Scientist (LIMS)
$83k - $96k USD
At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way: We innovate boldly, learn from our setbacks, and are resilient in our pursuit to transform cancer care
- We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, commit to quality, and bring fun to our hard work
- We Are Stronger Together: We collaborate openly, seek to understand, and celebrate our wins
- We Care Deeply: We embrace our differences, do the right thing, and encourage each other
The Position:
We are seeking a highly skilled Field Application Scientist (FAS) with expertise in laboratory informatics and digital transformation within the life sciences industry. This role is responsible for configuring, optimizing, and supporting LIMS platforms to accurately reflect scientific workflows and regulatory requirements.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience implementing and supporting modern LIMS platforms such as Labbit, L7 Informatics, Benchling, LabVantage, and excels at translating laboratory processes into scalable, maintainable system configurations. This role bridges the gap between scientific workflows, enterprise software, and lab user enablement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with Lab Operations and internal stakeholders translating lab processes into LIMS workflows.
- Configure LIMS objects, workflows, metadata, permissions, and lifecycle states to support scientific and operational needs.
- Implement and maintain configuration changes supporting new assays, process improvements, and operational scaling.
- Utilize existing knowledge of the laboratory sciences domain to bridge the gap between science and software to improve end users’ experiences.
- Triage and resolve production issues related to LIMS configuration and data flow.
- Leverage strong communication skills to conduct training and create presentations for users.
- Collaborate with internal LIMS team, LIMS vendor, Technical Program Management, QA, IT, and lab operations teams.
- Support validation and testing activities by providing configuration knowledge and system context.
Who You Are:
Required Qualifications:
- A strong understanding of the genomics lab environment or laboratory science gained through education, research and/or industry experience
- Ability to communicate effectively through written and oral communication
- Willingness to lead presentations and training for internal stakeholders leveraging clear and professional communication
- Ability to effectively manage projects using your organizational skills to mitigate scope creep and work towards defined timelines
- Working understanding of the software development process, along with experience gathering and documenting information such as end-user requirements
- Experience working with teams to build out requirements and/or designs for end-user solutions
- Experience working within a laboratory
- Experience working with JSON and/or GraphDB
- LIMS knowledge or past use of lab process-focused software
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in life sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, genomics, bioinformatics), engineering, or a related field; Master’s preferred.
- At least 3+ years experience configuring one or more enterprise LIMS platforms (e.g., Labbit, L7 Informatics, Benchling, LabVantage)
- Experience with Agile development methodologies and DevOps practices.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Certification in one or more relevant LIMS platforms.
#LI-Hybrid, or #LI-Remote
For candidates based in our San Diego office, the salary (or hourly range is $83,000 - $96,000.
For candidates based in our South San Francisco office, the salary or hourly range is $90,000 - $102,000.
For candidates working remote (US), the salary or hourly range is $82,000 - $94,000.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Pay range
$82,000—$102,000 USD
What We Can Offer You
Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About Veracyte
Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).
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