IT & Software

Software Development Engineer

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Welwyn · England · United Kingdom

  • Develop and maintain core features of the Therapeutic Molecule Registration platform
  • Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices serving molecular data to research and machine learning teams
  • Write high-quality, testable code for chemical registration workflows
  • Contribute to technical design discussions and help harmonise multiple registration systems
  • Design cloud-native systems that support rapid iteration between computational molecule design and experimental validation
  • Partner with Computational Sciences, machine learning for drug development, and Drug Discovery groups including Antibody Engineering
  • Collaborate with scientists and grow expertise in chemical and biological data management

Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent expertise through practice
  • Strong Python programming skills with significant experience building and running production services
  • Ability to work confidently in existing Java or Kotlin codebases
  • Deep working knowledge of Postgres and SQL
  • Experience designing REST APIs and microservices that hold up under load
  • Strong track record in test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and agile delivery
  • Experience building on cloud platforms, preferably AWS
  • Curiosity about scientific data and willingness to learn the domain
  • Preferred: open-source cheminformatics experience with RDKit, chemfp, Indigo, or the HELM toolkit
  • Preferred: experience with chemical database cartridges, structure canonicalisation, or molecular structure searching
  • Preferred: familiarity with chemical and biological structure notation or biological sequence alignment
  • Preferred: Docker, Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, or scientific software development background

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in developing and maintaining cloud-native systems, RESTful APIs, and microservices for molecular data management. Proficient in Python, SQL, and test automation within agile environments, with a strong focus on collaboration with scientific teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

  • Python Programming
  • REST API Design
  • Microservices Development
  • Postgres and SQL
  • Cloud Platforms (AWS)

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

  • Python Programming
  • REST API Design
  • Microservices Development
  • Postgres
  • SQL
  • Test Automation
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Agile Delivery
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

Soft Skills

  • Collaboration
  • Curiosity
  • Willingness to Learn

Industry Keywords

  • Therapeutic Molecule Registration
  • Chemical Registration Workflows
  • Computational Molecule Design
  • Drug Discovery
  • Chemical and Biological Data Management

Tools & Technologies

  • AWS
  • RDKit
  • Chemfp
  • Indigo
  • HELM Toolkit

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