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We are highly collaborative, and a lot of our work happens in partnerships and research consortia. We work with governments, public health agencies, pharma companies, patient advocacy groups, diagnostic providers, and academic researchers, tackling neuroscience, oncology, and other specialty specific areas. Current work includes building shared analysis infrastructure on DNAstack federated cloud research platform that serve multiple independent disease research consortia simultaneously.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">What You’ll Do</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Share leadership in the design and development of key systems</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Architect services using well-accepted design patterns to allow for iterative development and future scaling</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Proactively identify architectural and code weaknesses and recommend appropriate solutions</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Prototype, develop, test, and deploy applications</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; 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This arrangement supports your needs and promotes a healthy work–life balance.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">Eligibility</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">To be considered for this position, you must be eligible to work in Canada.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold\">Benefits</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Remote friendly, with flexible hours and the opportunity to work on-site at our Toronto office</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental and vision coverage for you and your dependents</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Three weeks vacation</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Unlimited sick days</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Maternity and parental leave top-up programs</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">One-time remote office set-up stipend</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Career development and learning support</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Opportunity to participate in DNAstack's Employee Stock Option Program</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Opportunity to contribute to open science and global data-sharing efforts</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">The salary range for this role is $125,000 to $175,000. At DNAstack, we are dedicated to providing pay transparency to all candidates. Compensation at DNAstack is determined through various factors including but not limited to: comparable salary market data within Canada, technical skill assessment, a holistic view of previous work history, and internal pay equity with other DNAstack team members.<br><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">DNAstack is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. In accordance with the appropriate legislation in each jurisdiction in which we operate, we ensure that our team members are compensated within equal pay ranges for work of equal value, regardless of gender. <br><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">We regularly review our compensation practices to identify and address any pay equity gaps. Our approach considers skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions to ensure that compensation decisions are objective, transparent, and free from bias.<br><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Pay equity is an ongoing process, and we are committed to maintaining compliance with legislative requirements while fostering a workplace that values fairness, respect, and inclusion.<br><br>At DNAstack, we are committed to building and fostering an inclusive, accessible environment for everyone. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding accessibility needs at any stage of the interview process, please contact [email protected]<br>and we will work with you to meet your needs.<br><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">As a small but mighty team, we use AI-powered tools to help us stay organized and efficient during our hiring processes.  These tools help in areas such as sorting applications and highlighting matches to the role. These tools help us move faster, but they definitely don't make decisions for us -  every application is reviewed by a real human on our team.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br>Your privacy matters to us. Any information you share is handled according to Ontario privacy laws as well as our internal privacy practices. 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