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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - **Company:** Superluminal Medicines, Inc. - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, Automation of Tests, BigQuery, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Infrastructure, Relational Databases, Experimental Data, HP Systems Insight Manager, Python (Programming Language), Laboratory Information Management Systems, Operational Databases, Software Architecture, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Software Systems, SQL Databases, Workflow Management Systems, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Build Management, Information Technology, Restful APIs, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** July 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a0b96bc3c3177be5 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience. * 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems. * 3+ years of Python experience designing maintainable and well-tested software. * Experience building systems that integrate data across APIs, databases, files, asynchronous processes, and third-party platforms. * Experience with containers and modern deployment patterns using Docker and Kubernetes. Experience designing scalable software architecture and making technical design decisions * Experience designing and consuming REST APIs. * Experience developing production systems on Google Cloud Platform and cloud-native architecture. * Experience leading SQL queries, designing relational data models, and developing production data pipelines or workflows. * Experience developing and operating production software using automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, application monitoring, logging, and incident troubleshooting practices., * 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems. * Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, or another technically complex scientific environment. * Experience with LIMS, ELNs, compound registration systems, laboratory informatics, inventory platforms, or scientific instruments. * Familiarity with drug discovery data, including compounds, assays, experimental results, and scientific metadata. * Experience with BigQuery, dbt, Dagster, or similar modern data platforms and orchestration tools. * Experience building internal tools or user-facing applications for technical users. * Familiarity with scientific Python, cheminformatics, or bioinformatics workflows. * Experience with infrastructure-as-code and cloud security best practices. * Experience modernizing manual, fragmented, or vendor-dependent operational workflows. ## Description We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build the software systems that power how experimental data moves through Superluminal Medicines. You will own critical systems at the intersection of software engineering, scientific data, and research operations, including compound registration, experimental data ingestion, scientific system integrations, and the infrastructure that connects wet lab workflows to our broader data platform. This is a high-ownership engineering role. You will be expected to design production systems, make architectural decisions, write high-quality software, and work directly with scientists to solve complex technical problems. The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer who is excited by difficult integration challenges, evolving requirements, and the opportunity to build foundational systems in a modern drug discovery organization., * Design, build, and operate production software systems supporting scientific data and wet lab workflows. * Own the architecture and implementation of systems for compound registration, experimental data ingestion, validation, transformation, and publishing. * Build reliable integrations across internal applications, APIs, cloud services, databases, and third-party scientific platforms. * Develop backend services, data pipelines, and internal applications used directly by scientists and research teams. * Design systems that are observable, testable, resilient, and maintainable as scientific workflows and data volumes scale. * Work directly with scientists to understand operational problems, identify root causes, and translate ambiguous workflows into clear technical solutions. * Improve data quality and system reliability through validation frameworks, automated testing, monitoring, and well-defined interfaces. * Establish strong engineering practices around code quality, CI/CD, deployment, documentation, and operational ownership. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Geometric deep learning for drug discovery](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/264-geometric-deep-learning-for-drug-discovery) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering)