Software Development Engineer Job Welwyn Garden City area,Welwyn England UK,Software Development

Develop and maintain core features of the Therapeutic Molecule Registration platform
Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices serving molecular data to research and machine learning teams
Write high-quality, testable code for chemical registration workflows
Contribute to technical design discussions and help harmonise multiple registration systems
Design cloud-native systems that support rapid iteration between computational molecule design and experimental validation
Partner with Computational Sciences, machine learning for drug development, and Drug Discovery groups including Antibody Engineering
Collaborate with scientists and grow expertise in chemical and biological data management

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent expertise through practice
Strong Python programming skills with significant experience building and running production services
Ability to work confidently in existing Java or Kotlin codebases
Deep working knowledge of Postgres and SQL
Experience designing REST APIs and microservices that hold up under load
Strong track record in test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and agile delivery
Experience building on cloud platforms, preferably AWS
Curiosity about scientific data and willingness to learn the domain
Preferred: open-source cheminformatics experience with RDKit, chemfp, Indigo, or the HELM toolkit
Preferred: experience with chemical database cartridges, structure canonicalisation, or molecular structure searching
Preferred: familiarity with chemical and biological structure notation or biological sequence alignment
Preferred:
Docker, Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, or scientific software development background

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in developing and maintaining cloud-native systems, RESTful APIs, and microservices for molecular data management. Proficient in Python, SQL, and test automation within agile environments, with a strong focus on collaboration with scientific teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Python Programming
REST API Design
Microservices Development
Postgres and SQL
Cloud Platforms (AWS)

ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills

Python Programming
REST API Design
Microservices Development
Postgres
SQL
Test Automation
CI/CD Pipelines
Agile Delivery
Docker
Kubernetes

Soft Skills

Collaboration
Curiosity
Willingness to Learn

Industry Keywords

Therapeutic Molecule Registration
Chemical Registration Workflows
Computational Molecule Design
Drug Discovery
Chemical and Biological Data Management

Tools & Technologies

AWS
RDKit
Chemfp
Indigo
HELM Toolkit