Software Engineer for Chemistry Applications

SLS Services Limited; City Of London; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialized engineering company is looking for software engineers with a background in chemistry or material science. This fully remote role involves developing tools for data integration from lab equipment and requires expertise in Python. Ideal candidates should have a keen interest in software engineering and technology startups. Join us to revolutionize industrial research and development!

Qualifications

• 4 courses of university-level computer science or equivalent professional experience.
• Knowledge of chemistry or life sciences is essential.
• Interest in a software engineering career and technology startups.

Responsibilities

• Develop data integrations for clients to ingest data from lab equipment.
• Write Python scripts for automated data transfer routines.

Skills

Python

Data integration

Chemistry knowledge

SQL databases

Education

B.S. in computer science, chemistry, biology

Tools

Excel

Job description

The client is seeking software engineers with a chemistry or material science background to develop domain-specific applications. Their goal is to revolutionize industrial research and development. They’re looking for motivated engineers who can help to build out tools that will accelerate the development of new chemicals and materials.

Primary Responsibility

Your primary responsibility will be to develop data integrations for the clients customers to, for example, ingest data from lab equipment and set up automated data transfer routines. This role would primarily involve writing Python scripts.

Requirements

• 4 courses of university-level computer science or equivalent professional experience
• Knowledge of chemistry or life sciences
• Interest in a software engineering career and technology startups
• Experience using Python or other scripting languages to process numeric or scientific data files

Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. in computer science, chemistry, biology
• Familiarity with SQL Databases
• Familiarity with Excel

Fully Remote Role