Software Engineer, Seqera Labs

• Would you like to be a part of a company with a bigger purpose and make it successful with your own ideas? If yes, keep reading!
• The ideal candidate is passionate about addressing a wide range of technical challenges—not just frontend or backend, but also complex problems involving infrastructure, distributed programming, containerization, cloud architectures, and integrations
• You're a software engineer with experience developing robust and scalable solutions. You're passionate about solving real-world problems with proven technologies and building elegant, scalable systems
• You write simple, sophisticated, well-structured and well-tested code that drives new features and improvements
• You have worked in a collaborative agile environment through the whole application lifecycle using languages like Java and Groovy, as well as backend and frontend frameworks like Micronaut, Angular, Rails, React, Spring, Flask etc
• Expertise in Java is a solid plus; in its absence, experience in similar languages and the ability to learn rapidly is important
• You are comfortable with ambiguity - you’re able to quickly develop hypotheses with limited information and have a demonstrated ability to learn complex concepts quickly
• You drive tasks independently, while proactively reaching out for help and additional resources when needed to keep yourself unblocked
• You have built strong foundational knowledge in software engineering with experience in both front-end and back-end development: confident and proficient in implementing efficient algorithms, using best practices in coding standards, and adhering to security measures to protect data integrity and prevent vulnerabilities
• Experience with cloud architectures and cloud application deployments, having worked with at least one major cloud provider ( such as AWS) and built distributed architecture on top of its service offering
• Nice to Have: Familiarity with container technologies and orchestration solutions such as Kubernetes and/or Docker Compose

Desirable

• We are seeking a versatile Senior Software Engineer for our “Seqera Platform” team: a customer-facing product delivered both as a cloud and an on-premises solution that enables scientists to solve complex problems in biotech with modern tools at their fingertips and also provides administrators and collaborators the access they need to scientific research
• Working on the Seqera Platform is an exciting opportunity to learn and work with a diverse range of technologies. We are committed to building a process where we can deliver high-quality products and iterate fast, which requires us to develop solid engineering practices that include end-to-end testing, observability frameworks, deployment standards, automation, and operational excellence processes
• Design, implement, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code across our full software stack
• Engage extensively with your product team and cross-functionally, interpreting and integrating customer feedback into the development cycle to ensure our products not only meet but exceed user expectations
• Collaborate with fellow engineers on building engineering best practices, improving processes, documentation, and onboarding artifacts
• Help with hiring and onboarding, identify and prioritize the technical roadmap items to generate a valuable impact on the engineering culture at Seqera
• Rapidly iterate on MVP-stage features and products while keeping an eye towards extracting learnings to inform our long-term platform roadmap
• Promote technical best practices with teammates and serve as a design partner to both senior and junior colleagues
• Flex your engineering capabilities outside of your comfort zone when necessary and be unafraid to work on unfamiliar problems and with new technologies