Lead Software Engineer (Back-End Engineer)

OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences is seeking a Back-End Engineer to enhance the Orion platform, a large-scale compute platform for drug discovery. This role involves collaborating with a team to architect and optimize performance-driven systems and build innovative features. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, 5+ years of experience, and be proficient in Python and GoLang. The position emphasizes a strong foundation in distributed systems and databases, located in Bengaluru, India.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, troubleshooting and debugging complex distributed systems as part of a team.
• Expert in Python, pytest, packaging, and Django.
• Experience with relational database optimization and structural design.

Responsibilities

• Work with designers, scientists, and software engineers to enhance and extend Orion's capabilities.
• Architect and optimize the high-performance compute and storage systems.
• Build cutting-edge features and modernize existing software.

Skills

Python

GoLang

PostgreSQL

SQLite

Django

Docker

CI/CD

Command line interfaces

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering, biology/chemistry or similar

Tools

pytest

Job description

Over the last eight years, OpenEye Scientific has developed the field’s most advanced large-scale compute platform, Orion, built on Amazon Web Services. In this position, you will be working at the cutting edge of cloud computing, C++/Python development, and advanced MD simulation techniques. Your work will have the potential to make a major impact in drug discovery, and will be available to many pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

Scientists around the world use Orion for early-stage drug discovery and design in the pursuit of improving human health. Orion combines the power of advanced HPC, computational methods, and in-browser 3D visualization & modeling to solve problems in drug discovery & design. Our innovative solutions enable customers to routinely model billions of compounds in-silico. Orion enables our customers to interactively explore chemical space, evaluate designs and gain scientific understanding.

As a Back-End Engineer, you’ll work with designers, scientists, and software engineers to enhance & extend Orion's capabilities -- architecting and optimizing the high-performance compute and storage systems that drive groundbreaking scientific discoveries. You'll be part of a team building cutting edge features, as well as helping to modernize existing software.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering, biology/chemistry or similar
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, troubleshooting and debugging complex distributed systems as part of a team
• Expert in Python, pytest, packaging, and Django
• Expert in GoLang, testing, packaging, and client/server, and familiarity with writing servers/clients
• Experience with PostgreSQL, SQLite, and relational database optimization and structural design
• Experience in Life Sciences, HPC, AWS, Docker, and containerized systems
• Experience with unit & end-to-end testing, CI/CD, source control, code review, comfortable using command line interfaces
• Strong background of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms)
• Passionate to learn and explore new technologies and demonstrates good analysis and problem-solving skills

Interpersonal skills required

• Ability to establish a close working relationship with peers in development, science, design and customer success, often across time zones
• Take initiative to solve unexpected challenges during development
• Willing to expand their knowledge and skills in both technical and scientific areas
• Push to raise the bar while always operating with integrity