Senior Backend Software Engineer, ChemSim

Ready to join the AQ era?

SandboxAQ is solving challenging problems with AI + Quantum for positive impact. We partner with global leaders in government, academia, and the private sector to identify applications that would benefit from quantum-based applications to current and future commercial challenges. We engage with customers early and throughout the development process to improve market fit.

Our team’s unique approach enables cross-pollination across a diverse range of fields, from physics, computer science, neuroscience, mathematics, cryptography, natural sciences and more! Our success comes from coalescing diverse talent to create an environment where experimental thinking and collaboration yield breakthrough AI + Quantum solutions. Join a culture where thought leadership, diverse talent, employee engagement, and technological impact will create the next tech uproar.

We are deeply committed to education as a means to advance quantum solutions and computing initiatives. We invest in future talent through internship programs, research papers, developer tools, textbooks, educational talks/events and partnerships with universities/talent hubs to attract multi-disciplinary talent. Our hope is to inspire people from all walks of life to be prepared for the quantum era and encourage a path in STEM.

About the Role

SandboxAQ is seeking a generalist backend software engineer to build infrastructure, development tooling, data pipelines, and application code for AI and simulation in chemistry and life sciences. In this role, you’ll be crucial in developing tools that empower researchers to explore large amounts of data, configure and monitor large simulations, and train ML models. You’ll also contribute to improving the developer experience to increase developer velocity.

You’ll bring broad experience in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, API design, application code, and databases. Most importantly, you’ll bring a track record of working in a small, fast-moving software development team, exploring new technologies, and solving problems across an entire software stack.

What You’ll Do

• Own your software components through their entire lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance from rapid prototyping to production code.
• In collaboration with R&D team members, design and implement data models for scientific data and APIs to store and manipulate data across file storage and graph and relational databases.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of complex, security-sensitive data processing and storage systems with complex tenancy and data isolation requirements.
• Implement APIs and application code that enables users to massively scale chemical simulations and MLOps tasks.
• Collaborate closely with the product team and internal stakeholders in all phases of software development to validate the solutions you propose and implement.
• In collaboration with the rest of the engineering team, build and manage infrastructure for SandboxAQ’s simulation and data platform.
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines to improve developer experience and velocity.
• Review code and participate in design and architectural discussions.

About You

• 5+ years of experience with Python, with strong knowledge of software design principles.
• Understanding of database principles and best practices.
• Experience with writing and optimizing database queries, graph database experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of web and network fundamentals and experience with designing, building, and testing web APIs.
• Knowledge of CI/CD best practices and building CI/CD pipelines.
• 3+ years of experience with infrastructure as code management of public cloud providers. Familiar with terraform. GCP preferred.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively influence a cross-functional team.

Nice to have

• Experience with GraphQL and familiarity with Strawberry or similar.
• Experience with FastAPI.
• Experience with CircleCI.
• Familiarity with python packaging tools ecosystem, wheels, conda, etc.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is expected to be $154k – $220k per year. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This role may be eligible for annual discretionary bonuses and equity.

SandboxAQ welcomes all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees’ personal and professional growth. Once you work with us, you can’t go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in quantum technology.
 
We offer competitive salaries, stock options depending on employment type, generous learning opportunities, medical/dental/vision, family planning/fertility, PTO (summer and winter breaks), financial wellness resources, 401(k) plans, and more. 
 
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
 
Accommodations: we provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation, please let a member of our Recruiting team know.