Senior Software Engineer (Biotech Cloud Infrastructure)

Coders Connect; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading biotech company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Toronto to enhance its bioinformatics capabilities. The successful candidate will maintain cloud-based data pipelines and provide DevOps support to machine learning teams. Ideal applicants will have extensive experience in software engineering, cloud services, and be proficient in Python and Linux. This role promises a dynamic work environment focused on advancing drug discovery through technology.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Monthly lunch budget

Remote office setup stipend

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Python skills and Linux proficiency.
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker).

Responsibilities

• Maintain and scale cloud-based data pipelines in production.
• Provide DevOps support to ML and research teams.
• Build scalable software systems for high-throughput biological data analysis.

Skills

Python

Linux

Cloud Services

Containerization

Pipeline Orchestration

Tools

Docker

Metaflow

Snakemake

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Coders Connect is partnering with a trailblazing biotech company that's leveraging real patient biology and AI to accelerate drug discovery. Their platform maps how therapies affect human cells in vivo, creating one of the world’s largest perturbation atlases to train next-generation foundation models.

What You’ll Be Doing :

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help scale bioinformatics pipelines and support machine learning workflows in a high-performance cloud environment. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, infrastructure, and scientific computing.

Maintain and scale cloud-based data pipelines in production

Provide DevOps support to ML and research teams

Administer cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and GPU scheduling (e.g., RunAI)

Collaborate with bioinformaticians, ML engineers, and scientists on complex data flows

Build scalable software systems for high-throughput biological data analysis

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong Python skills and Linux proficiency
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker)
• Familiarity with pipeline orchestration tools like Metaflow or Snakemake
• Exposure to big data environments and scalable system design

Bonus Points For :

Background in bioinformatics or healthtech

Experience supporting regulated industries (e.g., life sciences)

Familiarity with R or data visualization in biology

Metaflow, Snakemake, RunAI

Linux-based environments

• Unlimited PTO
• Monthly lunch budget + remote office setup stipend
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• Hybrid setup in South San Francisco or Toronto

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience Strong Python skills and Linux proficiency Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker) Familiarity with pipeline orchestration tools like Metaflow or Snakemake Exposure to big data environments and scalable system design

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