Cairn Biosciences is a biotech with headquarters in San Francisco, CA and a branch in Paris at Station F.
Cairn Biosciences is developing next-generation therapeutics that address significant challenges in the treatment of serious diseases. Cairn’s drug discovery engine addresses the profound unmet need for new tools to decipher cellular complexity and enable scalable discovery of groundbreaking therapies. Our proprietary approach enables
us to monitor multiple dynamic facets of previously inaccessible biology in live cells and fast-track the discovery of a pipeline of drugs for a wide range of indications with an initial focus on cancer.

We are seeking an energetic, creative and entrepreneurial Software Engineer who will play a key role of Cairn’s Analytics Paris team as one of its foundational members. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in,both back- and front-end software development and exposure to machine learning and deep learning methods.
The candidate should lead by example and inspire others to relentlessly pursue bold, impactful goals to help unlock new biology and build Cairn Biosciences into a leading drug development company that transforms the
lives of patients.

Key responsibilities:
● Build infrastructure and software
● Automate data flows and analyses to develop interactive systems that support and enable the scientific
team to make decisions
● Develop code for interactive data visualization applications and tools for data analysis
● Participate actively in decisions about next implementations and the different technical choices associated
● Promoting software development best practices with colleagues

Required skills:
● Master in Computer Science or equivalent and 2+ years of experience
● Experience in high-quality software development, including familiarity w ith at least one relevant progra mming
language (Python, Java, Scala, C++)
● Experience with database technologies (e.g. SQL, PostgreSQL or NoSQL as MongoDB) for creating data
pipelines involving a wide range of data types
● Familiarity with data architecture patterns (data warehouse, data lake, streaming, Lambda/Kappa
architecture)
● Experience with cloud computing (AWS, GCP or similar)
● Exceptional communication, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that promote a goal-oriented work
culture while fostering an environment of technical excellence, flexibility and productivity in a fast-paced
startup environment with shifting priorities.
● Resourceful, can-do, solutions-oriented individual who is self-motivated to deliver on aggressive goals that
support attainment of company technical and corporate milestones
● Fluent in English
● Current European work authorization
Desired skills:
● Experience creating public or internal APIs or user interfaces
● Familiarity with machine learning methods