Bioinformatics Software Engineer
The Bioinformatics Software Engineer contractor will develop scalable software infrastructure and automated scientific workflows to support antibody-based therapeutic design. This role involves backend and web development, database design, and deployment in HPC and cloud environments, collaborating within multidisciplinary scientific teams to build a next-generation computational platform.
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What You’ll Do
Confidential Client is seeking a Bioinformatics Software Engineer contractor to help build a next-generation computational platform for antibody-based therapeutic design and assessment. You will develop scalable software infrastructure, automated scientific workflows, data management systems, and interactive visualizations that accelerate discovery.
- Design and implement scalable web-based interfaces for computational biophysics and antibody-design workflows.
- Build and maintain FastAPI-based backend services and REST/GraphQL APIs to support computational workloads.
- Develop and optimize database schemas (SQL and NoSQL) to store scientific data, computational results, and metadata.
- Create, containerize, and orchestrate automated scientific pipelines (Nextflow or similar) and integrate with HPC schedulers (SLURM).
- Connect databases, pipeline outputs, APIs, and visualization layers to provide reproducible, auditable workflows.
- Rapidly prototype and iterate using modern AI-assisted development tools and best-practice engineering workflows.
- Ensure code quality through modular design, unit/integration testing, CI/CD, version control, and documentation.
- Support deployment, validation, and performance testing in HPC and cloud (AWS/GCP) environments.
Who You Are (Required Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Physics, or a related field; 0–3 years relevant experience. PhD candidates encouraged to apply.
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience developing scientific software.
- Hands-on experience with FastAPI, and working knowledge of SQL and/or NoSQL database design.
- Experience building and orchestrating computational pipelines (Nextflow or comparable tools).
- Familiarity with HPC environments and workload schedulers such as SLURM.
- Front-end and data-visualization skills (React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS or equivalent) to create interactive interfaces.
- Solid tooling experience: Git, Docker (or other container tech), CI/CD pipelines, and test-driven development.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP) and deploying scientific workloads.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills for multidisciplinary scientific teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with protein structure, antibody design, molecular modeling, or structure-based computational methods.
- Experience with molecular modeling tools (MOE, Schrödinger, or equivalents).
- Prior biotech / pharmaceutical industry experience and familiarity with biologics discovery workflows.
- Demonstrated use of AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate prototyping and development.
Role Details
- Location: Foster City, CA — Hybrid (3 days onsite). Local candidates only.
- Employment type: Contractor (W2 candidates only).
- Duration: 6 months (with potential to extend based on project needs).
- Compensation: $65.00/hr – $72.00/hr (base pay range).
- Hiring industry: IT Services and IT Consulting.
- Clearance/eligibility: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; local commuting to Foster City required for onsite days.
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