Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The role of Senior Scientific Software Engineer involves contributing to the development of computational chemistry tools and ensuring the stability of production-ready implementations. The engineer will collaborate with a team of experts in various scientific fields to enhance software capabilities in drug discovery and simulations.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and extend existing scientific software packages, and drive the full lifecycle of new ones:
- + Architect and implement cutting-edge scientific and ML software alongside subject matter experts
- + Adopt current practices and ensure stability through testing
- Work closely with the Engineering Team to deploy these modules into the SandboxAQ’s simulation platform:
- + Manage dependencies, containerize, and integrate software into CI/CD pipelines
- + Integrate with the compute and data backends
- + Define API endpoints and schemas
- + Collaborate with the engineering team to build UI components
- Maintain and support production deployments of scientific software packages
- Foster a work culture of curiosity and kindness
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline (for example physics, chemistry, biology, or computer science)
- At least 5 years professional experience in software development, designing and developing well-maintained software systems and collaborating with domain experts to design solutions that meet their needs
- Strong Python proficiency including experience with numeric and performance libraries like Numpy
- Experience with ML libraries like PyTorch
- Experience with relevant development tools and environments (git, Unix/Linux, cloud-based platforms, containerization)
- Experience using LLM tools and coding harnessed to build quickly while producing understandable, secure, maintainable code that's a strong foundation for long-term development
- Ability to rapidly write good quality code while not letting the perfect become the enemy of the good
- Ability to devise, communicate internally and own technical roadmaps, in a self-directed environment
- Desire to work in a fast-paced team with diverse professional experiences and viewpoints
- Experience developing software for scientific applications
- Familiarity with open source scientific and molecular libraries such as OpenMM, RDKit, Scikit-learn
- Experience with modern deep learning architectures
- Experience with the drug discovery and drug development processes
Benefits
- Performance-based incentives or bonuses (where applicable)
- Equity participation
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents with generous employer premium contributions
- Retirement savings with company matching
- Paid parental leave
- Inclusive family-building benefits
- Flexible paid time off
- Company-wide seasonal breaks
- Support for flexible work arrangements that enable sustainable performance
- Opportunities for continuous learning and growth through on-the-job development, cross-functional collaboration, and access to internal learning and development programs
Company Overview
SandboxAQ develops AI and quantum technology solutions that enhance biopharma, cybersecurity, and materials science. It was founded in 2016, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.sandboxaq.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
SandboxAQ has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7 in 2025, 6 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 5 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.