Backend Engineer, AI Lab Automation & Data Pipelines

Adaptyv Bio

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 75,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Adaptyv Bio in London is hiring a back-end engineer to build the programmable lab software that drives biology experiments. You’ll design robust data pipelines, implement APIs to connect instruments and robotics, and collaborate with scientists and automation engineers to translate workflows into scalable software.

You’ll work with Python and TypeScript, handle large-scale datasets from lab instruments, and help ensure reliable, maintainable systems that accelerate assay development in a

Qualifications

Strong experience designing and building production backend systems.
Experience building data pipelines and processing infrastructure.
Comfortable with API design and systems integration.
A genuine interest in biology.
High autonomy and founder mindset.
Pragmatism: focus on solving the problem well over the tech stack.
Ability to write code primarily with AI, while knowing good software practices.

Responsibilities

Build backend systems and data pipelines for lab workflows.
Architect data pipelines that process large-scale protein data and instrument outputs.
Create APIs to integrate laboratory instruments, robotics, and scheduling systems.
Collaborate with scientists and automation engineers to translate biology workflows into scalable software.

Skills

Backend design

Data pipelines

API design

Systems integration

Autonomy

Tools

Python

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

APIs

Job description

You’ll work with Python and TypeScript, handle large-scale datasets from lab instruments, and help ensure reliable, maintainable systems that accelerate assay development in a

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