The Role

We are looking to assemble a team of best-in-class, innovative and passionate people. We want to gather their talents and skills to achieve one goal: unlock the power of “DNA-write”. We offer the opportunity of joining a dynamic, international and highly skilled team in a pioneering startup. Our Next-Hour DNA Synthesis platforms not only have the potential to change the way the world makes and uses synthetic DNA, but also to accelerate the rate of discovery by delivering upon the promise of same-day results.

DNA Script is actively searching for a Senior Back-end Software Engineer to implement the web-based Lab Information Management System.

This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing company and to have a large impact on developing a technology that will have far-reaching impact across biological sciences.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop e-commerce application supporting our business and product needs.
• Work with product management and marketing to capture and define software requirements and influence overall product implementation direction.
• Work closely with UX design personnel, clients and potential customers to understand their needs, objectives, and use cases, and develop applications meeting these specifications
• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to solve complex problems
• Constant quality improvement of code and infrastructure

Qualifications and experience

Essential

• A Bachelor’s Degree, or a Master’s Degree in software engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of software development in an e-commerce environment using Java.
• Prior experience developing and launching cloud-based production SaaS on AWS.
• Experience developing server-based application and micro-services using Java frameworks like Spring Boot, Play, etc.
• Experience developing against both SQL and No-SQL with strong database knowledge and design.
• Experience with Atlassian applications including BitBucket, JIRA, Confluence, and other 3rd party development tools and utilities.
• Self-motivated, self-starting, an attention to detail and a great team player.
• The highest level of personal honesty, integrity and commitment; unquestionably walks the talk so others want to follow.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proficient in English

Desirable

• Familiarity with enterprise NGS cloud-based systems.
• Experience integrating with Oracle’s ERP or NetSuite via web services API or equivalent.
• Experience developing micro-services using Python with web service frameworks like Flask
• Background in biological sciences, DNA applications, either from education or work experience.

1. Coding test
2. Phone interview with the manager
3. Day interview at the office with the manager, cofounders, HR and the team
4. References check
5. Timing: around 2-3 weeks

Miscellaneous

• Location: Job located in Paris, France
• Start Date: ASAP