Software Engineer II/Sr Software Engineer (UK)

Iambic Therapeutics; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A biotechnology company is seeking a Software Engineer II/Senior Software Engineer to join their remote technology team. This role involves developing ML systems, supporting software workflows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in drug discovery. Candidates must have extensive software engineering experience and strong skills in Python and cloud technologies. Competitive compensation and a flexible working environment in the UK are offered.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Pension contributions

Flexible holiday allowances

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience.
• Experience with cloud-based ML systems processing TBs of data.
• Competence in software development and version control.

Responsibilities

• Develop training data workflows for ML model training.
• Support ML model life cycle and deployments to AWS.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on software systems.

Skills

Python software skills

Cloud computing

ML systems development

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

SLURM

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a talented and motivated Software Engineer II/Senior Software Engineer to join our technology team at Iambic Therapeutics. You will be a key player in applying advanced software engineering skills to build technologies that support our drug discovery efforts. Your key responsibilities include development of training data workflows for the training of machine-learning (ML) models and scalable deployment of machine-learning technologies, and creation, testing and maintenance of software systems. This role is remote, with preference for candidates on the US East Coast or in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Work in a cross-functional team that spans the full domain of drug discovery.
• Provide software development support to the ML model life cycle, working in the design and development of: efficient and maintainable data pipelines; benchmarking systems of models; deployments to AWS and use of Kubernetes (in collaboration with our cloud engineers).
• Collaborate on the creation, testing and maintenance of software systems.
• Code review for pull requests in adjoining areas.
• Maintenance of and mentorship in software best practices, including version control, testing and documentation.
• Collaboration with ML scientists and others in the company to understand requirements for deployed models.
• Clear oral communication of work in meetings and company demos, at a level suited to the audience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.
• Technical acumen to develop and maintain ML systems used by the ML team.
• Experience with ML systems that are cloud-based and frequently process TBs of data.
• Strong python software skills.
• Working knowledge of concepts in Chemistry and Biology.
• Can communicate with ML engineers.
• Demonstrates competence and rigor in software development.
• Has experience working with scientific computing/lab environments (e.g. has used or administered SLURM).
• Conversant with cloud computing; able to provide requirements to DevOps engineers.

About Iambic Therapeutics

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Iambic Therapeutics is disrupting the therapeutics landscape with its unique AI-driven drug-discovery platform. Iambic has assembled a world-class team that unites pioneering AI experts and experienced drug hunters with strong track records of success in delivering clinically validated therapeutics. The Iambic platform has been demonstrated to deliver high-quality, differentiated therapeutics to clinical stage with unprecedented speed and across multiple target classes and mechanisms of action. The Iambic team is advancing an internal pipeline of clinical assets to address urgent unmet patient needs. Learn more about the Iambic team, platform, and pipeline at iambic.ai.

Mission & Core Values

The culture and work at Iambic Therapeutics are profoundly strengthened by the diversity of our people and our differences in background, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and life experiences. We are committed to building an inclusive environment where a diverse group of talented humans work together to discover therapeutics and create technologies.

Pay and Benefits

We offer a competitive compensation package, pension contributions, and flexible holiday allowances to our team. Our UK office provides a modern and collaborative work environment, right in the centre of Bristol.