BenchSci’s vision is to bring novel medicine to patients 50% faster by 2025. We’re achieving it by empowering scientists with the world’s most advanced biomedical artificial intelligence to run more successful experiments. Backed by F-Prime, Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), and Inovia Capital, our platform accelerates science at 15 top-20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,300 leading research centers worldwide. We’re a remote-first company recognized for our impact and culture as a Deloitte Tech Fast 50TM, CIX Top 10 Growth, Great Place to Work®, and top-ranked organization on Glassdoor. Learn more at www.benchsci.com.

We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing Data team! Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will evolve our data models, operationalize production-grade data pipelines, and contribute to our document mining/information retrieval initiatives as we expand our ability to extract valuable insights from scientific publications and databases. On the BenchSci Data team, you will work with a group of talented and passionate engineers as you play a key role in shaping the future of scientific discovery and progress. 

You will:

• Scale data pipelines to allow our data to go from research to platform as fast as possible 
• Collaborate with ML and Data engineers to solve complex document mining challenges, enabling us to capture and model additional scientific experiments
• Develop data access mechanisms for downstream applications consumption
• Expand the types of biological reagents and experiments that we can successfully extract from various types of media
• Manage sources that contain both semi-structured and unstructured data
• Apply state-of-the-art data processing engines to rapidly process our data sets
• Employ best practices for a broad platform of technologies within a cloud-based environment
• Provide troubleshooting analysis and resolution in a timely manner
• Work on projects involving some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world
• Solve difficult problems and bring new perspectives to the team
• Have opportunities to work both independently and in pair-programming settings 

You have:

• 5+ years of experience working as a professional developer 
• Expertise with Python and SQL
• Experience with cloud reference architectures and developing specialized stacks on cloud services
• Experience with data processing engines (we use Beam)
• A strong background in data structures and large-scale data manipulation 
• Familiarity with information retrieval theory and practical applications of it
• Strong cross-team communication and collaboration skills

Nice to haves, but not mandatory qualifications:

• Work or academic experience in the life sciences 
• Experience with Kubernetes in production
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-code 
• Experience with technical design and applying architectural patterns
• Experience with statistical analysis of large datasets

Our benefits and perks:

• An engaging remote-first culture that hires the best talent from around the world
• A competitive compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options 
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits with an emphasis on mental health
• An annual Executive Health Assessment at Medcan for proactive health awareness
• Three weeks of vacation plus an additional day for every completed year
• Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options
• Additional time-off: Winter Holiday - 2 weeks off during the Holiday season. Every other Friday in July and August, your birthday, and more!
• An Oculus Quest 2 to connect with your team members in Virtual Reality
• An executive coach for managers to assist in leading high-performing teams
• Complimentary Headspace account to support mental wellness and focus
• Complimentary genome sequencing from 23andMe to better understand your health through your DNA

An engaging remote-first culture that hires the best talent from around the world

A competitive compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options 

Comprehensive health and dental benefits with an emphasis on mental health

An annual Executive Health Assessment at Medcan for proactive health awareness

Three weeks of vacation plus an additional day for every completed year

Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options

Additional time-off: 2 weeks for Winter Holiday, every other Friday in July and August, your birthday, and more!

A$1000 work from home allowance to make your home setup perfect for you

An Oculus Quest 2 to connect with your team members in Virtual Reality

An executive coach for managers to assist in leading high-performing teams

Complimentary Headspace account to support mental wellness and focus

Complimentary genome sequencing from 23andMe to better understand your health through your DNA

We believe culture is critical to success and invest accordingly. We live and promote our FASTT values of focused, advancement with speed, tenacity, and transparency. We work hard to maintain an engaging, supportive environment where everyone can do their best work. To learn more, read our culture deck.

We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We believe that improving diversity, equity and inclusion is our collective responsibility, and this belief guides our DEI journey. To learn more, read about our DEI initiatives.

BenchSci provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

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