Software Engineer III - Cheminformatics m/f/d

Description

Thousands of chemists, researchers and students worldwide use this cloud-hosted search product to look up patents, chemical reactions, substance data and related chemistry information.

The search engine handles chemical structures, and users can also query in natural language, with drawn structures, formulas and physical property parameters. Ongoing content updates and detailed taxonomies keep the data current.

For more than 30 years, large pharma companies, startups, big tech firms, public and private research centres and universities have relied on the product. It serves the pharma, medicinal chemistry and chemical industries.

The team is looking for a cheminformatician to build solutions where chemistry meets technology. You will work closely with the Product team to turn scientific questions into software features and workflows, using AI assistants to speed up development.

The role needs technical creativity and familiarity with AI-assisted software engineering. You will work in a global setting with colleagues on several continents.

The company is a global leader in information and analytics, supporting researchers and healthcare professionals with trusted content, data and digital solutions.

Responsibilities

• Turn scientific questions into molecular data representations, software features and computational workflows, bridging chemistry, cheminformatics and software engineering.
• Apply cheminformatics methods to molecular data, covering molecular representations and chemical data validation.
• Design and build scalable, maintainable, production-quality software.
• Architect and develop distributed software systems.
• Work with cheminformatics tools and libraries such as RDKit or ChemAxon.
• Define requirements and evaluate computational results together with chemists, data scientists, Product and engineering teams.
• Use modern AI-assisted development tools to speed up software engineering work.

Requirements

• Academic background in cheminformatics, chemistry, computational chemistry, biochemistry or a related scientific field.
• Professional experience combining cheminformatics with software or technology development.
• Experience working with molecular data, chemical representations and data validation.
• Strong programming skills in Java and/or Python.
• Experience building maintainable, production-quality software and an understanding of distributed systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn scientific requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in an international, multidisciplinary environment.

Conditions

Hybrid working, with flexibility to split time between the office and home.

Base location is Frankfurt (Baseler Platz), Germany.

Base pay range is €56,400 to €94,200.

The company aims for a fair and accessible hiring process and offers accommodation on request.

Benefits

• Access to modern technologies and AI-assisted development tools.
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development.
• Collaboration with experts in chemistry, data science, product and software engineering.
• Work on products that have real impact on scientific research and discovery.
• Work in an international, collaborative environment.
• Country-specific benefits are available for your location.