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A reliable computational platform can preserve sample lineage and experimental context and make data available through APIs, visualizations, and AI-enabled interfaces, so scientists can easily find, compare, and act on in-house data alongside the literature and other advances in the field.\nFL103 is seeking an Engineer, Software Development to help design and evolve our biological research platform. The successful candidate will work with the computational modeling and experimental teams to learn how computational outputs become experimental inputs, how results return, and where manual handling slows progress. They will then move as much of that handling as practical onto reliable computational workflows that are transparent and easy to query.\nFL103 was founded by Flagship Pioneering, an innovation enterprise dedicated to originating and developing companies that invent breakthrough technologies to transform health care, agriculture, and sustainability. Since Flagship’s founding in 2000, the firm has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, including Moderna Therapeutics, Generate Biomedicines, and Indigo Agriculture. \nPosition Summary:\nThe successful candidate will help design and evolve a biological research platform that turns experimental work into organized, accessible, analysis-ready data. This is a platform and automation role, not a series of isolated programming tasks: the work is owned from design through operation, and the result should preserve sample lineage and experimental context.\nResponsibilities:\nLearn how experiments are run and how samples and results are tracked, and identify where manual handling slows progress.\nIdentify recurring needs, design reusable data models and workflows, and carry them through implementation, testing, and operation.\nDesign schemas and interfaces spanning computational screening inputs and outputs through final experimental records, connecting compute and experimental work and enabling powerful querying.\nBuild or orchestrate pipelines that parse heterogeneous files and records, harmonize metadata, validate results, and load shared systems, replacing repetitive manual steps with recoverable workflows across laboratory records, cloud storage, databases, and external services.\nMake data available through APIs, visualizations, and AI-enabled interfaces.\nConfigure and operate shared cloud infrastructure safely, distinguishing between testing a change and applying it.\nPreserve provenance, units, controls, and QC; write meaningful tests; and catch bad joins or transformations, including in generated code.\nWork directly with experimental scientists on metadata conventions, ambiguous records, and workflows that fit how the lab works, so the team can easily find, compare, and act on in-house data alongside the literature and other advances in the field.\nQualifications:\n3+ Years of experience post M.S., preferably in Computer Science, exposure to biology preferable\nHands-on programming, effective orchestration of AI coding agents, or both, with the ability to specify architecture and constraints, validate what is built, and take responsibility for the result\nData modelling skills, including relational models and ORMs, sample and experiment identity, and how modelling choices affect later queries (current stack: PostgreSQL on AWS RDS, SQLAlchemy, and Alembic)\nPython data engineering experience (Pandas, NumPy, and PyArrow are useful)\nIntegration and automation experience (current stack: FastAPI, Benchling, REST, and MCP)\nWorking knowledge of AWS (S3, RDS, EC2, Secrets Manager, and Bedrock), including credentials and permissions\nStrong judgement on data integrity. Demonstrated delivery matters more than any particular tool, or than having written every component by hand\nBiological knowledge strongly preferred (genes and proteins, cell types, antibody assays, transcriptomics, proteomics, controls, and replicates), and comfort collaborating with experimental scientists\nHelpful, but not required:\nLaboratory automation: connecting instruments or control systems to software and AWS. The role may later extend from data handling into experimental automation.\nLLM applications: structured extraction, evidence checks, evaluation, and cost control with Bedrock, Anthropic, or OpenAI.\nInterfaces: React/TypeScript, Vite, and Plotly.\nFamiliarity with relational databases\nFlagship Pioneering is 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. \nRecruitment & 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\nPrivacy Notice for Applicants: When you apply for a role at Flagship Pioneering or one of its portfolio companies, we collect and use personal information you provide (such as your name, contact details, work history, and application materials) to evaluate your application, communicate with you, and comply with legal obligations. Your application data is processed through Greenhouse, our applicant tracking system, and may also be reviewed using AI-assisted screening tools. We do not sell your personal information. California residents have rights under the CCPA/CPRA including to know, delete, and opt out of the sharing of their personal information. If you are located in the EU or UK, we process your data under GDPR and you have rights to access, rectify, and erase your data. To exercise your rights or for questions, contact . \nThe salary range for this role is $74,000 - $126,500. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. FL103 currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on FL103's good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.\nPrivacy Notice for Applicants: When you apply for a role at Flagship Pioneering or one of its portfolio companies, we collect and use personal information you provide (such as your name, contact details, work history, and application materials) to evaluate your application, communicate with you, and comply with legal obligations. Your application data is processed through Greenhouse, our applicant tracking system, and may also be reviewed using AI-assisted screening tools. We do not sell your personal information. California residents have rights under the CCPA/CPRA including to know, delete, and opt out of the sharing of their personal information. If you are located in the EU or UK, we process your data under GDPR and you have rights to access, rectify, and erase your data. 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