Software Engineer I/II - Scientific Computing

JOB SUMMARY

Iambic is seeking a Software Engineer to build software that helps computational chemists run, monitor, and analyze scientific workloads. You will join the Software Engineering group and work closely with computational chemists and machine learning researchers to turn research needs into reliable Python applications and cloud workflows. The role spans design, implementation, deployment, and support for software used in computational drug discovery. This full-time role is based on the US East Coast, ideally in Boston; remote work elsewhere in the United States is also considered.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner closely with computational chemists and machine learning researchers to understand research needs and deliver practical software solutions.
• Build and maintain Python applications, libraries, APIs, and command-line tools.
• Develop reliable workflows for drug discovery workloads.
• Improve orchestration, monitoring, and recovery for workloads on AWS and neo-clouds such as Modal and Lambda.
• Integrate scientific applications with shared data, compute, and model services.
• Troubleshoot issues, document tools, and help scientists use them effectively.
• Contribute to design, testing, review, deployment, and production support.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field and five or more years of software development experience, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong Python skills and experience writing clear, tested, maintainable production code.
• Experience running scientific or batch workloads on AWS.
• Experience with Prefect or another workflow orchestration system.
• Familiarity with computational chemistry workloads such as molecular dynamics or docking.
• Familiarity with the machine learning model lifecycle
• Strong service mindset, clear communication, and a genuine interest in helping scientists be effective.

PAY AND BENEFITS

We offer industry leading competitive pay, company paid healthcare, flexible spending accounts, voluntary life insurance, 401K matching, and uncapped vacation to our team. We are in a brand-new state-of-the art facility in beautiful San Diego with an onsite gym, dining, and easy access to great places to live and play.