Overview
Empirico, an early-stage biotechnology company, is looking for a talented software engineer that is motivated by the opportunity to build scalable data systems that power the discovery of new medicines. You will work closely with a team of engineers and computational scientists to build and extend Empirico’s data infrastructure, which include cloud-based systems and services that operate on some of the largest biological datasets in the world.
Responsibilities:
Your responsibilities will focus around designing and implementing robust and extensible data systems. You will be expected to:
Design and implement scalable data infrastructure and pipelines
Implement scalable algorithms in a distributed systems setting
Collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers to address system pain points
Improve developer efficiency and system quality through emphasis on elegant code
Advocate for systems and engineering practice improvements
Requirements:
2+ years professional experience designing and developing software on modern distributed data systems
Experience processing and analyzing large and heterogeneous datasets
Strong technical skillset that spans a broad range of technologies, programming languages, and paradigms
Passionate about systems thinking and drive towards elegant and automated solutions to data problems
Experience with Spark and Scala or other functional programming language is a plus
Applicants must have authorization to work in the United States
Empirico is a venture-backed, next-generation therapeutics company founded on utilizing huge biological datasets, human genetics and programmable biology to power novel target discovery and development. Empirico’s Precision Insights Platform was purpose-built for therapeutic discovery and leverages a world-leading dataset and advanced algorithmic approaches to identify and prioritize therapeutic targets with a high probability of translational success. High priority therapeutic targets are experimentally validated in-house prior to progressing through pre-clinical development with the most optimal therapeutic modality. Empirico is headquartered in San Diego, CA with laboratories in Madison, WI.
