Labware LIMS Systems Engineer
Location: New York, New York
Country: United States
Category: LIMS
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: May 4, 2026
Job ID: 646998
Job Description
LabWare LIMS Systems Engineer - (Contract) - Onsite - Detroit, MI
Digital Lab Consultancy seeks a LabWare LIMS Systems Engineer and Analyst to serve throughout full SDLC on day-to-day operations and stability of LabWare LIMS to include user-facing, documentation, and solutions design; for a 6-month contract. This person will have 5+ years' experience performing hands-on LabWare LIMS development, configuration, customization, and integrations through API integrations. The ideal individual will have proficiency in LIMS Basic (Visual Basic), Java, Python, JavaScript (Node.js/Reach), and SQL. This individual will also have expertise in LIMS and lab system integrations to include ERPs, CRMs, Lab Instrumentation, and web technologies (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML). This opportunity offers a W2 or 1099 hourly paid contract for 6 months and with potential extensions.
Benefits:
- $65/hr. - $80/hr. W2 pay or $70/hr. - $90/hr. 1099 pay.
- Ideal candidate will be located local to the Detroit, MI area with the ability to be onsite 5 days a week.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of hands-on expertise in LabWare LIMS including system development, configuration, customization, and API utilization.
- Proficiency in LIMS Basic/Visual Basic, Python, Java, JavaScript (Node.js/React), and SQL.
- Prior experience integrating LIMS with other systems to include lab sequencers, ERPs, CRMs, and web technologies like REST, SOAP, XML, and JSON.
- Life Science experience like Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Clinical Laboratory or Animal Health.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance like ISO or GLP.
- Expertise in code quality and linting tools, with a strong testing/automation mindset.
Responsibilities:
- Developing, reviewing, and maintaining LIMS configurations, customizations, and integrations, while following secure code best practices.
- Utilization of code quality, linting, and testing/automation tools while ensuring reliable and repeatable system deployment environment.
- Overseeing code quality, change control, and other aspects of development related to LabWare upgrades.
- Designing/Maintaining technical documentation to include system architecture, process flows, configuration guides, and runbooks.
- Ensuring LIMS configurations and processes are in adherence to ISO, GLP and other regulatory standards.
- Supporting audit readiness activity and data integrity initiatives across lab environment and systems.
- Designing and maintaining integrations between various systems like LIMS, lab instrumentation, ERP, CRM, and other technical enterprise systems, while using REST, SOAP, JSON, and XML.
- Driving lab workflow automation and digitization to improve efficiency, accuracy, and throughput.
- Maintaining ongoing LabWare LIMS stability, performance, and operations throughout projects.
- Monitoring system health to proactively identify issues and implement correct actions while preventing lab workflow disruption.
- Serving as primarily LIMS POC in the escalation of critical incidents, and outages related to the LabWare LIMS; while leading root-cause analysis and resolution.
- Liaising cross-functionally with stakeholders in the gathering and authoring of requirements, mapping as is versus future processes and translating business needs into technical specifications and process plans.
- Serving as LIMS SME on process flows, business logic, and platform capabilities.
- Designing scalable/maintainable solutions in alignment with organizational goals/regulatory standards.
- Partnering with various users like Quality, Lab Operations, Data Governance and Analytics teams to ensure system capabilities alignment with operational needs, while communicating technical concepts in laymen's terms.
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