Join Asimov as a Staff Software Engineer to build tools for bioengineers on a mission to transform biological engineering.
Posted by employer 9 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
40% coding
Requirements
- Experience
- 10+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff Software Engineer at Asimov will focus on designing and implementing the Kernel platform, which supports bioengineers in creating and managing genetic constructs. Proficiency in Python 3, along with experience in GraphQL and SQLAlchemy, is essential for developing robust APIs and data models that reflect the complexities of biological systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a passion for tackling challenging problems and a desire to collaborate closely with scientists in a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Asimov's career page.
- Asimov has 3 other open roles including Senior Program Manager, Senior Scientist, Biologics Cell Line Development, Principal Scientist, Biologics Cell Line Development.
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Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: GraphQL, Python, SQLAlchemy, Strawberry.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Asimov targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer role at Asimov.
From the original posting
Our mission at Asimov is to advance humanity's ability to design living systems, enabling biotechnologies with outsized benefit to society. We're developing a mammalian synthetic biology platform––from cells to software––to enable the design and manufacture of next-generation therapeutics.
What would software engineering be like without an IDE? How could humans design a modern plane without CAD? Genetic engineering will be even more demanding—and we're building the tools to make it possible. Kernel is our platform for bioengineers to design, build, and debug genetic systems as confidently as we ship code. We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help us build it.
You'll join an interdisciplinary team that works directly with scientists, synthetic biologists, and computational biologists alongside your teammates in software engineering and product.
About the Role:
Make architectural decisions that will shape Kernel for years, with real ownership over how the system evolves.
Design GraphQL APIs for searching, editing and analyzing tens of thousands of genetic constructs using Python 3, SQLAlchemy and Strawberry.
Architect data models that represent the genuine complexity of biological systems.
Interface directly with synthetic biologists to understand their workflows and identify tools that would transform their productivity.
Be part of an on-call rotation to support the software you’ve helped develop.
About You:
You have 10+ years building production software - systems that other engineers depend on, not research code that runs once.
You have deep expertise in Python 3, and ideally with GraphQL, SQLAlchemy, and/or Strawberry.
You’re the kind of engineer who loses track of time working on an interesting technical problem. You want challenges that will have you waking up with a new idea that you can’t wait to try.
You think about API design, data migrations, and what happens when the system has 10x usage.
You want to help design a product with a close-knit team, not just write code from predefined specifications. You can navigate the ambiguity of building something first-of-its-kind.
We're fueled by a vision to transform biological engineering into a fully-fledged engineering discipline. Should you join our team, you will grow with a constantly evolving organization and push the frontiers of synthetic biology. Company culture is key to Asimov, and ours is a culture of recombination; we believe that our mission can only be achieved by bringing together a diverse team with a mixture of backgrounds and perspectives.