Helix runs genomic sequencing and data services for health systems, life sciences firms and payers, built on a polyglot stack (Python, Go, Scala, Rust, Java) across AWS, GCP and Azure with LIMS and Snowflake. Projects center on EHR-embedded clinical decision support and drug-gene interaction alerting, and a new Pharmacogenomics Lead role signals a push into pharmacogenomics. Hiring is accelerating, weighted toward engineering and data.
Notable leadership hires: Pharmacogenomics Lead
Helix is a precision health and population genomics company founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. It serves health systems, life sciences companies and payers, helping them bring genomic data into clinical care and therapeutic development. Its work spans next generation sequencing, exome sequencing, bioinformatics and population health programs. The privately held company employs 201–500 people and hires in the United States and Mexico.
Helix uses Python, Go, Java, Scala, Rust and TypeScript with React and Next.js, runs on AWS, GCP and Azure with Kubernetes and Terraform, and uses LIMS, Snowflake, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, NetSuite and HubSpot.
Helix is building genomic data processing pipelines, lab workflow automation, population genomics program implementations, a patient portal for genomic insights and EHR-embedded clinical decision support.
Helix is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and is currently hiring in the United States and Mexico across engineering, data, sales and product.
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