Seqera is hiring a
Software Engineer in Spain

Summary

The job is for a Software Engineer position at Seqera, where the candidate will work on the development of Nextflow, an open-source workflow orchestrator. The role involves designing new functionalities, maintaining integrations, gathering requirements, addressing user feedback, and staying updated with modern software engineering trends.

Requirements

• Experience in the design and development of software in the context of scientific and high-performance computing
• Experience in an object-oriented programming language, preferably (but not limited to) Java and Groovy
• Experience working on complex modular/multi-component software projects
• Familiarity with Git version control system and related ecosystem

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new functionalities in the Nextflow runtime and language
• Maintain and develop integrations with a rich ecosystem of internal and 3rd party components, including the Seqera Platform
• Gather and critically discuss requirements within the Nextflow team and in coordination with the product team, customers and the wider Nextflow open-source community
• Address requests and feedback from users and pipeline developers across the community, through software solutions and promotion of best practices
• Grow and apply your working knowledge of software tools in scientific computing, including high-performance computing and cloud platforms
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in modern software engineering and cloud technologies, and experiment their application into Nextflow

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing/using Nextflow or other workflow orchestration engines
• Background or experience in bioinformatics, life/health sciences, AI/ML, or other data-intensive domains
• Experience with one or more of these software technologies: containers, package managers, filesystems, object storage and parallel computing
• Experience in deployments on public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, ..)
• Experience in designing domain-specific languages

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and remote-friendly culture
• International working environment with more than 25 nationalities
• Passionate & talented team
• Continuous skills development
• Team retreats and bonding activities
• A culture where your opinion is valued and your decisions have a real impact on the industry
• Excitement of a fast-growing startup in a constantly changing environment
• Great benefits, including equity, private health insurance, private life insurance, home office allowance (valued over 1,000 USD), subscription to Oliva, Mental Health App, learning and development budget per year (1,000 USD)
• Time off: holidays under the local legislation + 3 days given by Seqera in December of 2024, and the national/public holidays according to your location