Lab Software Engineer

Xaira Therapeutics•South San Francisco, CA

3d•$152,000 - $205,000

About The Position

We are seeking a Lab Software Engineer to join our interdisciplinary data and bioinformatics engineering team, working at the intersection of AI, scientific workflows and therapeutic discovery. In this role, you will collaborate closely with AI scientists, lab scientists, and drug discovery experts to design, build, and deploy software systems that accelerate the identification and development of novel therapeutics. This role spans a range of problem spaces, from building software that can interact with lab instruments to capture data to designing data models to store complex biological data. We are particularly interested in candidates who are excited to develop software and data models which will have a real-world impact within drug discovery, and who are comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

Requirements

5+ years of industry experience building and deploying data capture and analytics solutions for scientific data.
Proven track record of delivering impactful solutions for lab scientists.
Demonstrated successes of gathering requirements from scientists and translating them into a system design.
Experience leading technical projects, working independently and driving cross-functional execution.
Strong academic or early industry experience, particularly in areas such as scientific data analysis, database design or data integration.
Hands-on experience with data model development on scientific projects.
Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and apply new techniques to real-world problems.
Strong programming skills in Python and/or C#.
Solid understanding of laboratory workflows and data.
Experience working with ELN/LIMS systems, experience with Benchling would be preferred.
Experience developing software to interface with laboratory instruments.
Experience developing data models/schemas for scientific samples and data.
Working knowledge of SQL database queries and table design.
Experience working with cloud computing environments, AWS experience is preferred.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

Nice To Haves

Degree in Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology, Computational Biology, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Design and develop software to interact with lab instruments to capture data in a mix of high and low throughput experiments.
Build scalable pipelines for automated processing of instrument data.
Collaborate with computational and experimental teams to define data models/schemas for experimental samples and data.
Develop APIs and tools to aggregate data for analysis and visualization.
Participate in the configuration and management of our LIMS/ELN systems.