Senior Software Engineer - Cloud and Distributed Systems

About Seqera

Seqera is on a mission to simplify complex data analysis pipelines in the cloud. We provide software that enables developers and data scientists to create and deploy data applications in any environment. Our core, open-source technology, Nextflow, transforms the building of massively scalable and distributed computing solutions. Seqera is now empowering customers across pharma, genomics, and biotech to break with the status quo of closed-platforms and custom scripts to embrace the future of cloud.

About the Role

We are seeking a versatile Senior Software Engineer for our “Seqera Platform” team: a customer-facing product delivered both as a cloud and an on-premises solution that enables scientists to solve complex problems in biotech with modern tools at their fingertips. The ideal candidate is passionate about addressing a wide range of technical challenges—not just frontend or backend, but also complex problems involving infrastructure, distributed programming, containerization, cloud architectures, and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code across our full software stack.
• Engage extensively with your product team and cross-functionally, interpreting and integrating customer feedback into the development cycle to ensure our products not only meet but exceed user expectations.
• Collaborate with fellow engineers on building engineering best practices, improving processes, documentation, and onboarding artifacts.
• Help with hiring and onboarding, identify and prioritize the technical roadmap items to generate a valuable impact on the engineering culture at Seqera.
• Rapidly iterate on MVP-stage features and products while keeping an eye towards extracting learnings to inform our long-term platform roadmap.
• Promote technical best practices with teammates and serve as a design partner to both senior and junior colleagues.
• Flex your engineering capabilities outside of your comfort zone when necessary and be unafraid to work on unfamiliar problems and with new technologies.

About You

• You're a software engineer with experience developing robust and scalable solutions.
• You're passionate about solving real-world problems with proven technologies and building elegant, scalable systems.
• You write simple, sophisticated, well-structured, and well-tested code that drives new features and improvements.
• You have worked in a collaborative agile environment through the whole application lifecycle using languages like Java and Groovy, as well as backend and frontend frameworks like Micronaut, Angular, Rails, React, Spring, Flask, etc.
• Expertise in Java is a solid plus; in its absence, experience in similar languages and the ability to learn rapidly is important.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity - you’re able to quickly develop hypotheses with limited information and have a demonstrated ability to learn complex concepts quickly.
• You drive tasks independently, while proactively reaching out for help and additional resources when needed to keep yourself unblocked.
• You have built strong foundational knowledge in software engineering with experience in both front-end and back-end development: confident and proficient in implementing efficient algorithms, using best practices in coding standards, and adhering to security measures to protect data integrity and prevent vulnerabilities.
• Experience with cloud architectures and cloud application deployments, having worked with at least one major cloud provider (such as AWS) and built distributed architecture on top of its service offering.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with container technologies and orchestration solutions such as Kubernetes and/or Docker Compose.
• Knowledge of HPC and Batch solutions both on-premise and in the cloud (AWS Batch, Google Batch, and/or Azure Batch).
• Experience with Angular.

What We Offer

• Flexible working hours and remote-friendly culture.
• International working environment with more than 25 nationalities.
• Passionate & talented team.
• Continuous skills development.
• Team retreats and bonding activities.
• A culture where your opinion is valued and your decisions have a real impact on the industry.
• Excitement of a fast-growing startup in a constantly changing environment.
• Great benefits including equity, private health insurance, private life insurance, home office allowance, and more.

Seqera is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome all candidates to apply for the position that inspires them. Come join us and help us build a global company that everyone is proud to be part of.