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Led by Michael Antonov, co-founder of Oculus, and backed by Formic Ventures, we are redefining the infrastructure behind modern drug discovery. Our AI-driven platform enables scientists to accelerate discovery, reduce cost, and bring breakthrough innovations to life faster. As we scale, engineering excellence is a critical lever in advancing our mission to dramatically reduce disease and extend human healthspan.\nAbout the role\nWe are hiring a Senior Scientific Developer to help build and scale the computational science layer of our drug discovery platform.\nThis is a hands-on role at the intersection of scientific computing and software engineering. You will design, implement, and operate production-grade tools and workflows used by medicinal chemists and computational biologists - from molecular docking and free-energy calculations to system preparation and structure-based design. You will work across our Python SDK, scientific workflow definitions, containerized compute functions, and the Julia packages that power our molecular simulation stack.\nYou will have ownership of key scientific capabilities from design through deployment, with a high level of independence and direct impact on what researchers can run on the platform.\nRequirements\nMSc or PhD in chemistry, chemical biology, bioinformatics, computational chemistry, or a closely related field - or equivalent industry experience with a strong scientific track record.\nDeep domain knowledge in at least one of: medicinal chemistry, cheminformatics, structural biology, molecular simulation, or computational drug discovery.\nExcellent Python skills - you write clean, tested, production-quality code and are comfortable building libraries and APIs, not just notebooks and scripts. In practice, that means:\nYou have authored and maintained an installable Python package; publishing to PyPI is a strong plus.\nYou work with modern packaging and environments (`uv`, `conda`, or `pixi`).\nLinting and type checking are part of your default workflow (`ruff`, `ty`).\nYou have used Marimo (or similar reactive/reproducible notebook tools) for scientific exploration, demos, or documentation.\nStrong Docker skills - you are comfortable containerizing scientific Python code for production, not just running pre-built images. In practice, that means:\nYou know how to containerize Python scripts, packages, and dependencies into reliable images.\nYou can write multi-stage Dockerfiles for complex build pipelines.\nYou know how to trim image size (layer caching, slim base images, build-arg hygiene, and keeping runtime images lean).\nExperience implementing scientific algorithms and workflows end to end, from prototype to deployed, maintainable software.\nAI-assisted development - you use tools like Claude Code and Cursor fluently, and you have judgment about where they accelerate you and where scientific correctness demands human review. \nStrong fundamentals in software engineering: testing, version control, debugging, and designing clear interfaces for complex scientific data.\nAbility to read scientific literature and translate methods into working implementations.\nSystematic problem-solving approach with a strong sense of ownership.\nAbility to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-moving startup.\nPreferred:\nSubstantial experience with Julia, especially for scientific computing, molecular dynamics, or high-performance numerical work.\nHands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment patterns.\nExperience with Argo Workflows (or similar workflow orchestration) and Knative (or similar serverless/container platforms).\nFamiliarity with molecular simulation ecosystems: force fields, system preparation, alchemical free-energy methods, or MD analysis pipelines.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, implement, and maintain scientific software for drug discovery: docking, free-energy perturbation (FEP), molecular dynamics, cheminformatics, and related computational biology workflows.\nBuild and evolve the Deep Origin Python SDK and scientific APIs that scientists use to run, monitor, and analyze platform workflows.\nDevelop and maintain Julia-based simulation and analysis packages for molecular systems (e.g., system preparation, MD/FEP protocols, post-processing).\nAuthor and operate workflow definitions (Argo Workflows) and serverless scientific services (Knative) that orchestrate multi-step computational pipelines on Kubernetes.\nPackage scientific tools as reproducible, containerized functions with clear input/output contracts, validation, and integration tests.\nTranslate domain requirements from medicinal chemistry and computational biology into robust, scalable technical implementations.\nCollaborate with platform engineering, product, and science teams to integrate scientific tools into our multi-tenant cloud platform.\nEnsure scientific code quality through testing, documentation, benchmarking, and careful handling of edge cases in real-world molecular datasets.\nDebug and resolve issues across the full stack - from numerical methods and force-field behavior to workflow failures in production.\nContribute to engineering best practices: code review, CI/CD, observability, and operational runbooks for long-running scientific jobs.\nMentor teammates and help raise the bar for scientific software engineering across the organization.\nNice-to-have:\nTypeScript/JavaScript experience - our platform UI and some backend services use modern web stacks.\nExperience with PostgreSQL or scientific data platforms (chemical structure storage, RDKit, etc.).\nContributions to open-source scientific software.\nExperience at an early-stage startup shipping scientific product features quickly.\nValues & Working Style\nScientific rigor meets engineering pragmatism - you care about correctness and reproducibility, but you ship.\nOwnership mindset - you take responsibility from design through deployment and production support.\nComfortable with ambiguity - you can navigate underspecified scientific requirements and help define the right scope.\nClear communicator - you collaborate effectively with scientists and engineers alike.\n Curious and self-directed - you learn new domains (chemistry, infra, workflows) as the product demands.\nWhy This Role Matters Now\nAs we scale our AI-driven drug discovery platform, the quality and breadth of our scientific compute stack directly determines what researchers can discover and how fast they can iterate. 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