Senior Java Engineer

Genestack; España; Presencial; EUR 45.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading company in bioinformatics seeks a passionate software engineer to tackle computational challenges and enhance their platform. Ideal candidates will have a solid foundation in CS, experience in Java/Kotlin, and a collaborative spirit. Join an international team and contribute significantly to the field of life sciences.

Servicios

International team of professionals

Fully paid sick leaves

Onboarding and domain training for newcomers

Flexible work schedule

Formación

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Excellent knowledge of CS, OOP, data structures, and algorithms.
• Enthusiasm for clean code and reducing technical debt.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain and evolve system core, API and related components.
• Optimize data storages and backend components to meet requirements.
• Propose and implement architectural solutions collaborating with engineers.

Conocimientos

Java

Kotlin

Data Structures

Algorithms

Clean Code

Communication

Cooperation

Spring

Data Storage Optimization

Soft Skills

Descripción del empleo

At Genestack we are tackling the underlying computational and scientific challenges of bioinformatics in order to provide researchers with software tools that will streamline the discovery process and drive forward precision medicine, drug development, and bioinformatics research.

Our platform is deployed at leading pharmaceutical, agricultural, and consumer goods companies as well as leading academic institutions and this is just the beginning of our journey.

We are looking for a passionate, result oriented engineer who will help us find elegant and efficient solutions to difficult problems within a complex domain.
We expect our candidate to be able to do complex tasks, be inventive, act smart, be open and contribute to great engineering culture while working on time-tested products. We welcome those who are both eager to bring new features to end users and redesign current architecture to address new challenges. We follow agile practices and take responsibility for our own processes.

If you feel these resonating with you, reach out to us with no hesitation.

In this role, you will:

• Maintain and evolve system core, API and related components;
• Optimise data storages and backend components to meet challenging requirements on throughput and response time and work on system’s scalability;
• Propose, explain and implement architectural solutions in close collaboration with other engineers.

We expect from you to have:

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering;
• Excellent knowledge of CS, OOP, data structures, and algorithms;
• Excellent experience with various data storages and their combinations, i.e. RDBMS, columnar DBs (ClickHouse) and various classes of NoSQL solutions;
• Excellent Java/Kotlin skills;
• Deep knowledge of Spring;
• Deep experience in code optimisation, profiling, and testing;
• Enthusiasm for clean code and reducing technical debt;
• Excited to contribute to meaningful work in life sciences
• Excellent soft skills (communication & cooperation);
• Fluent English.

It would be nice for you to have:

• Knowledge of biology and genetics;
• Experience with big data and related tools;
• Knowledge of Python;
• Experience with JS (React.js).

We offer you:

• international team of professionals;
• fully paid sick leaves;
• onboarding and domain training for newcomers;
• flexible work schedule.