Hybrid Lead Software Engineer

at Seqera Labs

• Job title: Lead Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Barcelona, Spain

About the role

• Lead Software Engineer managing cloud and on-premises development for Seqera's platform enabling scientific breakthroughs. Collaborate with engineers and product teams to enhance user satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• You will lead a team of highly talented engineers who design, implement, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code across our full software stack.
• Engage extensively with your product team and cross-functionally. This involves interpreting and integrating customer feedback into the development cycle to ensure our products not only meet but exceed user expectations
• You will collaborate with your fellow engineers to develop the best engineering practices. In short, be an active member of the organization:
• Improving processes
• Documenting and creating onboarding artifacts
• Helping with hiring, identifying and prioritize accordingly the technical backlog accordingly
• Generating a valuable impact on the engineering culture in Seqera

Requirements

• With a strong foundational knowledge in software engineering, you have experience in both front-end and back-end development, and are able to ramp up quickly on new frameworks and technologies.
• You have experience in writing optimized, well-tested, and secure code in both front-end and back-end settings. This includes proficiency in implementing efficient algorithms, using best practices in coding standards, and adhering to security measures to protect data integrity and prevent vulnerabilities.
• Have proven experience designing, modeling, and operating database systems. You are able to guide data modeling decisions, schema evolution, and performance trade-offs as the product scales.
• Have proven experience in API Design and Best Practices: you should handle requests from a set of different clients and products from the Seqera Ecosystem and from our Enterprise use cases
• Have worked on cloud architectures and cloud application deployments: you should have worked with at least one of the major cloud providers and have built distributed architecture on top of its service offering
• You are familiar with container technologies and orchestration solutions such as Kubernetes and/or Docker Compose

Benefits

• Time off: 23 days for vacations per year, 3 days given by Seqera in December, and the national/public holidays according to your location.
• Equity
• Private health insurance
• Private life insurance
• Home office allowance (valued over 1,000 USD)
• Subscription to Oliva, Mental Health App
• Learning and development budget per year (1,000 USD)