Senior Scientific Software Engineer - Lab Automation & SAR

Menlo Ventures; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

A clinical stage TechBio company in the UK is looking for a professional to build critical SAR and chemical registration systems. You will join a multi-disciplinary team, working on the cutting edge of lab automation. Required qualifications include a degree in Biology or Chemistry, proficiency in programming languages, and experience in software delivery tools. The role is hybrid-based at the Milton Park office, offering competitive salaries ranging from £75,900 to £101,900, plus bonuses.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience with public or private datasets for SAR and chemical structures.
• Candidates with PhD experience will be considered.
• Recent transition from wet-lab scientist to software engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to SAR and chemical registration systems development.
• Work on agentic control systems for automated labs.

Skills

Experience building systems to process SAR and/or chemical structures

Proficient in a commonly used programming language (Python, Java, C#)

Proven experience accelerating software delivery with agentic coding tools

SQL experience

Education

Degree in Biology / Chemistry or related field

Job description

A clinical stage TechBio company in the UK is looking for a professional to build critical SAR and chemical registration systems. You will join a multi-disciplinary team, working on the cutting edge of lab automation. Required qualifications include a degree in Biology or Chemistry, proficiency in programming languages, and experience in software delivery tools. The role is hybrid-based at the Milton Park office, offering competitive salaries ranging from £75,900 to £101,900, plus bonuses.