Senior Data Engineer, Bioinformatics, Cheminformatics, Materials
San Francisco, CA$144k - $240kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Senior data engineer role focused on building ETL pipelines and data models for a scientific data platform, transforming raw lab instrument outputs into validated datasets across biology, chemistry, and materials science.
Responsibilities
- Design pipelines that turn raw lab output into analysis-ready scientific data.
- Model heterogeneous data from bio, chemistry, and materials instruments.
- Build validation checks, schema-evolution gates, and data quality workflows.
- Develop reusable analysis functions for scientific and AI research workflows.
- Improve automation and observability across instrument-to-result data flows.
- Build canonical datasets that scientists and AI researchers can trust.
- Use AI coding tools to accelerate pipeline development and team velocity.
Qualifications
- 2–6 years of experience in data engineering, bioinformatics, cheminformatics, or computational science.
- Strong Python skills, including typed, tested, production-quality code.
- Strong SQL skills, especially with Postgres or similar relational databases.
- Experience building ETL pipelines, data models, and reusable data transformations.
- Data science foundation, including statistics and pandas, NumPy, or similar tools.
- Experience translating noisy scientific measurements into accurate, validated datasets.
- Workflow orchestration experience, ideally Flyte, Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, or Nextflow.
- Active use of AI coding tools in day-to-day engineering work.
Skills
Required:PythonSQL (Postgres or similar)ETL pipelinesData science foundationsWorkflow orchestrationAI coding tools
Benefits
- Full-time U.S. benefits including medical, dental, vision; employer-paid life and disability insurance; flexible time off with holidays; paid parental leave; educational assistance; commuter benefits (bike share); subsidized lunch program.
- International benefits tailored to region; USD salary ranges apply to U.S.-based positions; international salaries set to local market.
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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