Backend Software Engineer, Python

Embodied AI; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 100.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

Equity stake

Career progression opportunities

Zusammenfassung

Cradle is building a software platform for AI-guided discovery and optimization of proteins, enabling biologists to design proteins faster and at scale. We seek Backend Software Engineers to design a service-oriented web app that exposes ML models to scientific end users.

You will collaborate with biologists, ML experts and fellow engineers in a fast-growing, multi-office team across Zurich, Amsterdam and Boston.

Qualifikationen

• Proven ability to develop backend services in a modern cloud environment.
• Strong Python programming and ecosystem knowledge.
• Experience with databases and data warehousing.
• Ability to collaborate with biologists, ML researchers and scientists.
• Fast learner and proactive attitude.

Aufgaben

• Architect data storage and model integration for scalable workflows.
• Design and version APIs to expose ML models to end users.
• Build a decoupled web service that serves advanced ML models to scientists.

Kenntnisse

Python

Cloud experience

Backend systems

Team collaboration

Learning agility

Tools

APIs design

Jobbeschreibung

THIS IS CRADLE

Proteins are the molecular machines of life, used for many therapeutic, diagnostic, chemical, agricultural and food applications. Designing and optimizing proteins takes a lot of expert knowledge and manual effort, through the use of custom computational and biological tools.

Machine learning is revolutionizing this space, by enabling high-fidelity protein models. At Cradle, we offer a software platform for AI-guided discovery and optimization of proteins, so that biologists can design proteins faster and at scale. We are already used by clients across biopharma, biotech, agri-tech, food-tech, and academia.

We're an experienced team of just under 100 people. We've built many successful products before and have enough funding for multiple years of runway. We are distributed across three offices in Amsterdam, Boston, and Zurich, alongside a few remote colleagues.

We offer our employees a very competitive salary, a generous equity stake in the company and a wide range of benefits and career progression opportunities.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We're looking for Backend Software Engineers who are excited to peek out of the virtual world and join us on designing a platform for optimizing biological systems! Be ready to witness first hand what happens when you leave the bits and bytes behind and try to solve challenges with nature’s constraints and complexity.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing a service-oriented decoupled web application, which exposes our advanced machine learning models to scientific end users.

By way of some examples, this means:

• Architecting the ways in which we manipulate and store data, e.g. with consideration for how to efficiently store and represent protein sequences and associated metadata, machine learning model predictions, etc.
• Architecting the APIs across which we interact with machine learning models, e.g. with consideration for how to version access over time.
• Collaborating with biologists, machine learning experts, and scientists alike, and becoming skilled in working in their domains.

WHAT YOU BRING

We are looking for some selection of the following skills:

• You are a fast learner. You can rapidly absorb whatever the problem requires, whether that is a new programming language, an ML algorithm, or biological concept.
• You are action oriented and derive true satisfaction from getting things done.
• Experience in developing back-end systems in a modern cloud environment.
• The Python programming language and its ecosystem.
• Familiarity with database system architecture and data warehouses.
• You are kind and work well in teams. We look for team players and excellent communicators who contribute to a positive and friendly working environment.

OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVE HIRING

Cradle evaluates all candidates based on merit, regardless of sex, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic background, or any other aspect of identity. We maintain zero tolerance for discrimination and actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

AI DISCLOSURE

Cradle uses an applicant tracking system that includes basic AI-assisted features which may generate scores or rankings based on how applications match a job description. These outputs are not used to make or meaningfully influence hiring decisions — all candidates are evaluated through a thorough, human-led review by our recruiting team.