Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer: Data Pipelines

Company Summary

What if you could join an organization that creates and builds life sciences companies that invent breakthrough technologies to transform healthcare and sustainability? Flagship Labs 72 (FL72) is an early-stage biotechnology company with an ambitious and exciting mission: to reimagine drug discovery and vaccine design through the integration of computational and experimental innovation. The company is developing a revolutionary approach to this challenge and recruiting a team of top-tier scientists and engineers to build a powerful, first-in-category, R&D platform. FL72 is a product of Flagship Pioneering’s venture creation engine, which has also given rise to companies such as Moderna Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MRNA), Rubius Therapeutics (NASDAQ: RUBY), and Editas Medicines (NASDAQ: EDIT). Since Flagship’s founding in 2000, the firm has originated and fostered the development of more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in over $34 billion in aggregate value, 500+ issued patents, and more than 50 clinical trials for novel therapeutic agents.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in databases and data pipelines to design and build data infrastructure to support biological discovery and the development of novel health interventions. The ideal candidate will have a track record of success in architecting and implementing systems for processing and storing data, particularly as pertains to frequently updated sources of complex data. Prior experience with biological sequence data and/or electronic lab notebooks is a strong plus. This position will be expected to collaborate closely with R&D scientists while adapting to changing experimental procedures and provide guidance on improving the interface between laboratory and computational workflows. There will be an expectation for the selected candidate to be able to come to the lab/office at least 3 days a week.

Key Responsibilities

• Build computational pipelines to process and analyze NGS and biochemical datasets
• Develop data storage and retrieval systems to facilitate data analysis
• Integrate relevant external data sources
• Communicate insights and progress to the scientific team and executive management
• Develop relationships with Flagship Pioneering’s data science community and manage external consultants as needed

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in computer science or a related field and 4+ years of industry experience
• Experience with data pipelining tools such as Nextflow, Airflow, Luigi, etc.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS EC2, S3, Lambda, Batch, etc.
• Deep knowledge of application lifecycle including best practices such as code review, unit/integration testing, and documentation
• Strong communication skills
• Python programming

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with biological sequence data, especially NGS
• Experience with electronic lab notebooks
• Familiarity with reproducible machine learning

Values and Behaviors

Flagship is an experiment in institutional, entrepreneurial, and innovation practiced in the context of a small company with an insurgent mindset. We are seeking individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit, strong communication skills, and comfort in working in and contributing to a dynamic and cross-functional team environment. The level of the role will be commensurate with the education and years of experience of the identified candidate.

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.   Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.