Remote Senior Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join SandboxAQ to solve challenging problems with AI + Quantum for positive impact and be part of a culture where thought leadership, diverse talent, employee engagement, and technological impact create the next tech uproar.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with Python, with strong knowledge of software design principles
• Understanding of database principles and best practices
• Experience with writing and optimizing database queries, graph database experience is a plus
• Strong understanding of web and network fundamentals and experience with designing, building, and testing web APIs
• Knowledge of CI/CD best practices and building CI/CD pipelines
• 3+ years of experience with infrastructure as code management of public cloud providers. Familiar with terraform. GCP preferred
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively influence a cross-functional team

Responsibilities

• Own your software components through their entire lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance from rapid prototyping to production code
• In collaboration with R&D team members, design and implement data models for scientific data and APIs to store and manipulate data across file storage and graph and relational databases
• Contribute to the design and implementation of complex, security-sensitive data processing and storage systems with complex tenancy and data isolation requirements
• Implement APIs and application code that enables users to massively scale chemical simulations and MLOps tasks
• Collaborate closely with the product team and internal stakeholders in all phases of software development to validate the solutions you propose and implement
• In collaboration with the rest of the engineering team, build and manage infrastructure for SandboxAQ’s simulation and data platform
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines to improve developer experience and velocity
• Review code and participate in design and architectural discussions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with GraphQL and familiarity with Strawberry or similar
• Experience with FastAPI
• Experience with CircleCI
• Familiarity with python packaging tools ecosystem, wheels, conda, etc

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Stock options depending on employment type
• Generous learning opportunities
• Medical/dental/vision
• Family planning/fertility
• PTO (summer and winter breaks)
• Financial wellness resources
• 401(k) plans