Bioinformatics Software Engineer — Antibody Design Platform

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; San Mateo (CA); Hybride; USD 76 000 - 103 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Bioinformatics Software Engineer to help build a next‑generation computational platform for antibody design and assessment.

The role centers on scalable software infrastructure, automated workflows, data management, and interactive visualization. The engineer will contribute to backend services with FastAPI, orchestration of pipelines with Nextflow, and cloud/HPC deployment in a hybrid onsite setting in Foster City, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Physics, or a related field with 0-3 years of experience. PhD candidates are also welcome to apply.
• Strong proficiency in Python and scientific software development.
• Hands-on experience with FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL databases, and database design.
• Experience developing and orchestrating automated computational pipelines, preferably using Nextflow or similar workflow frameworks.
• Experience with HPC environments and workload schedulers such as SLURM.
• Strong front-end development and data visualization skills, such as React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience with Git, containerization technologies such as Docker, and modern software development practices.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary scientific teams.

Responsabilités

• Design and implement scalable, web-based interfaces for computational biophysics and antibody design workflows.
• Develop and optimize database schemas to manage scientific data, computational results, and associated metadata.
• Build and maintain FastAPI-based backend services and APIs supporting computational workflows.
• Develop and orchestrate automated scientific pipelines using tools such as Nextflow, containers, and SLURM.
• Build software connecting databases, computational pipelines, APIs, and interactive visualization tools.
• Use modern AI-assisted development and vibe-coding approaches to rapidly prototype, test, and iterate on scientific applications.
• Ensure code quality through modular design, version control, testing, documentation, and maintainability.
• Support platform deployment and testing in HPC and cloud-based environments.

Connaissances

Python

Scientific software development

Workflow orchestration

Data visualization

Team collaboration

Front-end development

HPC/Cloud computing

Formation

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Physics

PhD candidates welcome

Outils

FastAPI

SQL/NoSQL databases

Nextflow

Docker

SLURM

React/JavaScript/HTML/CSS

Git

AWS

GCP

Description du poste

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Bioinformatics Software Engineer to help build a next‑generation computational platform for antibody design and assessment.

The role centers on scalable software infrastructure, automated workflows, data management, and interactive visualization. The engineer will contribute to backend services with FastAPI, orchestration of pipelines with Nextflow, and cloud/HPC deployment in a hybrid onsite setting in Foster City, CA.