Senior Software Engineer - Lead of agentic engineering (f/m/d)

Senior Software Engineer - Lead of agentic engineering (f/m/d)

We’re a specialized bioinformatics consultancy building custom platforms for the Biotech and Pharma sectors. We’ve traded the slow pace of traditional firms for a fast-moving, AI-powered workflow that keeps us focused on shipping high-quality software. By combining the latest computational tools with deep scientific insight, we build the infrastructure that helps our partners move from data to discovery faster.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll partner with scientists to build the infrastructure behind our client engagements. We’re looking for an expert in AI-assisted development to deliver complex, production-grade software with speed and precision.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Drive software engineering best practices. Make infrastructure decisions, plan architectures, and guide the team through complicated technical problems.
• Lead agentic software engineering efforts: Drive tooling and automation for achieving high-quality software engineering with agentic development over vibe coding. Stay up to date on current developments and develop our own AI processes and best practices.
• Build an agile engineering culture: We're looking for an experienced engineer who wants to help build an excellent interdisciplinary environment for research and engineering. Take responsibility for agile processes like Scrum and help to improve them.
• Active collaboration on projects: Work closely with bioinformatics consultants to translate domain-specific needs into functional technical solutions.

Your must have qualifications:

• Master degree in computer science, natural sciences, engineering or similar.
• 5+ years of professional experience as software engineer.
• Experience in using and developing agentic AI tools for software engineering.
• Experience in software engineering in data-heavy applications.
• Demonstrated ability to engineer large projects with increasing complexity and patterns.
• Experience in testing, validating, and implementing continuous integration and delivery.
• Strong command of Python for both data processing (e.g., Polars or pandas) and web frameworks (e.g., Django or Flask).
• Solid understanding of JavaScript or TypeScript and frontend frameworks like React.
• Practical experience with AWS or GCP, including containerization (Docker).
• Experience in agile development frameworks like Scrum, ideally in the role of Scrum Master.
• English Native speaker, C2 Level

Your beneficial experience:

• Experience handling and structuring scientific data or integrating AI/ML models into software environments.
• Experience with building algorithms for data processing, utilizing low-level languages like C, C++, or Rust.

Your attributes and skills:

• Collaborative Execution: Ability to work effectively with scientific staff, providing technical feasibility feedback on their requirements.
• Problem Solving: Enjoyment of challenging and changing problems that require creative technical solutions.
• Professional Adaptability: Comfortable moving between different technical stacks and project types based on client needs.
• Biotech Alignment: A strong interest in the life sciences and a willingness to learn the basics of the scientific fields our clients operate in.
• Interest in shaping a young and fast-growing team.

We offer:

• A dynamic team that values trust, autonomy, and fast-paced decision-making to foster innovation.
• A hybrid working model. (availability to work on-site three times a week is required).
• A competitive salary and 30 days of paid vacation.
• Two weeks of workation per year.
• Subsidized EGYM Wellpass sports membership.