Staff Software Engineer at Mammoth Biosciences
Brisbane, CA
About the Job
OPPORTUNITY
Mammoth Biosciences is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our computational team. The ideal candidate will establish, test, monitor, and maintain computational tools, user interfaces, and analysis pipelines across multiple systems. Additionally, they will lead a small team of software engineers, providing technical leadership on various projects. This role involves collaborating with a diverse group of scientists and engineers to develop new tools aimed at curing genetic diseases.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
BENEFITS
Base Salary Range: $181,500 - $200,000
Actual base salary will be determined by relevant professional experience, applicable skills, and internal equity.
Mammoth Biosciences is a biotechnology company focused on leveraging its proprietary ultracompact CRISPR systems to develop long-term curative therapies, as well as other applications such as decentralized precision diagnostics. Founded by CRISPR pioneer and Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna and Trevor Martin, Janice Chen, and Lucas Harrington, the company’s ultracompact proteins are designed to enable in vivo gene editing in difficult to reach tissues utilizing both nuclease applications and new editing modalities beyond double stranded breaks, including base editing, gene writing, and epigenetic editing. The company is building out its pipeline of potential in vivo gene editing therapeutics and capabilities and has partnerships with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to broaden the reach of its innovative and proprietary technology. Mammoth’s deep science and industry experience, along with a robust and differentiated intellectual property portfolio, have enabled the company to further its mission to transform the lives of patients and deliver on the full promise of CRISPR technologies.
It is our policy and intent to provide equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, political affiliation, sex/gender (including gender expression/identity, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, and/or any other basis protected by law. This policy covers all facets of employment including, but not limited to: recruitment, selection, placement, promotions, transfers, demotions, terminations, training, and compensation.
Mammoth Biosciences requires that all employees be vaccinated against Covid-19 as a condition of at-will employment, with exceptions for medical or religious reasons in compliance with local, state, and federal law.
Mammoth Biosciences is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our computational team. The ideal candidate will establish, test, monitor, and maintain computational tools, user interfaces, and analysis pipelines across multiple systems. Additionally, they will lead a small team of software engineers, providing technical leadership on various projects. This role involves collaborating with a diverse group of scientists and engineers to develop new tools aimed at curing genetic diseases.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Establish and manage computational infrastructure, including cloud services, to support the development and deployment of internal software
- Develop, test, and maintain various design and analysis software for experimental work.
- Collaborate with bioinformaticians to convert biological challenges into computational solutions for use by wet lab scientists
- Gather scientist requirements and feedback and incorporate them into the development process
- Provide continuous technical guidance and support for engineers, bioinformaticians and data scientists
- Document and regularly present data at internal meetings
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Information Systems or relevant quantitative field with a minimum of 9+ years experience in industry settings (Masters with 7+ years of experience or PhD with 4+ years of experience)
- Strong expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure
- Experience in creating pipelines using workflow orchestration systems including Dockerizing solutions
- Experience in developing user-facing applications
- Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Proficiency in using Git for version control and collaborative development
- Proficiency in SQL and managing SQL databases
- Proficiency in Python and ReactJS (Redux)
- Ability to work Pacific Time Zone
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with managing infrastructure as code using Terraform
- Experience working with Github Actions
- Experience working with Prefect workflow orchestration
- Experience developing Streamlit applications
- Record of working collaboratively with scientists and engineers
- Experience providing technical leadership for software development
- Experience in developing software for biological applications
BENEFITS
- Company-paid health/vision/dental benefits
- Unlimited vacation and generous sick time
- Company-sponsored meals and snacks
- Wellness, caregiver and ergonomics benefits
- 401(k) with company matching
Base Salary Range: $181,500 - $200,000
Actual base salary will be determined by relevant professional experience, applicable skills, and internal equity.
Mammoth Biosciences is a biotechnology company focused on leveraging its proprietary ultracompact CRISPR systems to develop long-term curative therapies, as well as other applications such as decentralized precision diagnostics. Founded by CRISPR pioneer and Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna and Trevor Martin, Janice Chen, and Lucas Harrington, the company’s ultracompact proteins are designed to enable in vivo gene editing in difficult to reach tissues utilizing both nuclease applications and new editing modalities beyond double stranded breaks, including base editing, gene writing, and epigenetic editing. The company is building out its pipeline of potential in vivo gene editing therapeutics and capabilities and has partnerships with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to broaden the reach of its innovative and proprietary technology. Mammoth’s deep science and industry experience, along with a robust and differentiated intellectual property portfolio, have enabled the company to further its mission to transform the lives of patients and deliver on the full promise of CRISPR technologies.
It is our policy and intent to provide equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, political affiliation, sex/gender (including gender expression/identity, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, and/or any other basis protected by law. This policy covers all facets of employment including, but not limited to: recruitment, selection, placement, promotions, transfers, demotions, terminations, training, and compensation.
Mammoth Biosciences requires that all employees be vaccinated against Covid-19 as a condition of at-will employment, with exceptions for medical or religious reasons in compliance with local, state, and federal law.
