Software Engineer - Fixed Duration

Scorpion Therapeutics; Louisville (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with pension

Vacation

Medical/dental/vision/prescription

Flexible benefits

Life insurance

Time off/leave

Well-being benefits

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks an experienced full stack Django developer to build and enhance scientific workflow applications. You will collaborate with lab scientists, design robust PostgreSQL schemas, and extend APIs while maintaining high code quality and CI/CD practices.

You should have 1+ years in Django-based web apps in biotech, active public Python contributions, and strong SQL skills. US work authorization required; on-site Colorado location with AWS/Kubernetes/Docker experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or related field required.
• 1+ years of relevant experience building full stack Django apps in biotech or R&D.
• Active GitHub with public Python contributions.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and Django ORM/migrations.
• Experience with Django REST Framework.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
• Authorized to work in the United States full-time (no visa sponsorship).

Responsibilities

• Develop new features and enhance workflow management for scientific apps.
• Maintain and extend integrations with internal/external APIs.
• Design, implement, and test PostgreSQL schema changes and write efficient queries.
• Write unit/integration tests to ensure code quality.
• Apply best practices for code quality, CI/CD rigor, and enterprise-ready architecture.
• Bridge discovery teams and IT/Cloud by translating science needs into engineering specs.

Skills

Python

Django

Django REST

PostgreSQL

SQL optimization

CI/CD pipelines

IaC

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

GitHub

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Position Summary

The ADMET Intelligence group is seeking an experienced full stack developer to support scientific workflow management applications.

What You Will Do

• Work with laboratory scientists to develop new features and enhance workflow management (assay request handling, plate definitions, sample tracking, and results analysis)
• Maintain and extend integrations with internal/external APIs
• Design, implement, and test PostgreSQL database schema changes; write efficient queries
• Write unit/integration tests and ensure code coverage
• Apply best practices for code quality, documentation, CI/CD rigor, and architecture so research code is enterprise-ready
• Bridge discovery teams and IT/Cloud organizations by converting scientific intent into engineering specifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or related field + 1+ years relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience building full stack Django applications in life sciences/biotech or similar R&D environment
• Active GitHub profile with public Python contributions
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL)
• Experience with Django ORM, migrations, and model design
• Experience with Django REST Framework
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code
• Authorized to work in the United States full-time (no visa sponsorship)

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Familiarity with ADME assays or compound management systems
• Knowledge of cheminformatics or pharmaceutical research workflows
• Strong SQL optimization and high-throughput schema design
• AWS (Lambda, S3, Step Functions, DynamoDB) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) in production

Benefits (explicitly stated)

• Company-sponsored 401(k), pension; vacation; medical/dental/vision/prescription; flexible benefits; life insurance/death benefits; time off/leave; well-being benefits