Lab Software Engineer — AI-Driven Drug Discovery (Equity)

Xaira Therapeutics; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Xaira Therapeutics, a biotech startup leveraging AI for drug discovery, is seeking a Lab Software Engineer to build software that interacts with lab instruments, manages complex data, and supports acceleration of therapeutic development.

The role spans data capture, pipeline development, data modeling, API/tool creation, and LIMS/ELN system management in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology, Computational Biology, or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C#; knowledge of SQL.
• Solid understanding of laboratory workflows and data.
• Experience with ELN/LIMS systems; Benchling preferred.
• Experience interfacing software with laboratory instruments and modeling data.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software to interact with lab instruments and capture data.
• Build scalable pipelines for automated processing of instrument data.
• Define data models/schemas for experimental samples and data.
• Develop APIs and tools to aggregate data for analysis and visualization.
• Participate in configuring and managing LIMS/ELN systems.

Skills

Problem solving

Collaboration

Learning agility

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology, Computational Biology, or related field

Tools

Python

C#

SQL

AWS

Job description

Xaira Therapeutics, a biotech startup leveraging AI for drug discovery, is seeking a Lab Software Engineer to build software that interacts with lab instruments, manages complex data, and supports acceleration of therapeutic development.

The role spans data capture, pipeline development, data modeling, API/tool creation, and LIMS/ELN system management in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.