Senior Backend Engineer

Software Engineering
Athens, Thessaloniki
Posted 1 year ago

We are DEUS EX MACHINA, a cutting-edge bioinformatics company specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Analytics. We leverage Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to accelerate the analysis of biological data, contributing to life sciences with breakthroughs in nutrition, petcare and healthcare. At the core of our successful track record are our people, our commitment to clients, Fortune 100 organizations and startups, and our desire to make a positive impact through a creative, focused, and collaborative mentality.

We are currently seeking 2 highly skilled and motivated Senior Backend Engineers to join our dynamic Software Engineering team in Athens or Thessaloniki. In this role, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing and maintaining our underlying systems and services that power bioinformatics AI driven platforms and solutions. 

 

* Mid-level candidates will also be considered for this opening, and they will be evaluated for their level.

 

What your daily life will look like:

  • Collaborate with other Engineers, Data Scientists, Bioinformaticians and Product Managers to define requirements, and timelines in order to drive successful delivery and end-to-end integration. 
  • Contribute to the overall technical strategy, architecture and roadmap of our product infrastructure development.
  • Write clean, modular and maintainable code (mainly using Python Django/Flask or Java) that meets our internal standards, maintainability and best practices for a large-scale web environment.  
  • Write complex unit/integration tests and perform deployments.
  • Optimize database performance and enforce best practices to ensure consistent and maintainable code across the team.
  • Design and build APIs that enable seamless communication between frontend applications, backend services, and other integrated systems. 
  • Develop and maintain databases that store biological and genomic data, implementing efficient data models and querying strategies.
  • Set up monitoring tools to track performance metrics, and potential issues.
  • Identify and address performance bottlenecks by optimizing code, database queries, and resource utilization.
  • Encourage and ensure proper documentation of complex backend systems, APIs, architectural decisions processes, methodologies and various techniques to ensure transparency and efficiency. 
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other Backend Engineers by sharing best practices and feedback. 
  • Participate in our Agile methodologies and track tasks by using confluence and jira. 

What your strengths are:

  • Proven experience (5+ years) in design and development using Python or Java
  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field
  • Experience working with microservice architectures
  • Familiarity with Azure and / or AWS, GCP
  • Experience with building a REST API with one framework (preferably Django/Flask otherwise Spring) and deploying them using Docker
  • Experience working with large scale systems
  • Good knowledge of SQL databases (preferably PostgreSQL)
  • Hands-on experience with Git
  • Excellent oral and written skills in Greek & English

What is nice to have:

  • Working experience with either Kubernetes or OpenShift
  • Familiarity with Ansible
  • Knowledge of NoSQL databases
  • Familiarity with Machine Learning and AI frameworks
  • Working experience with agile methodologies 

What it’s like to work with us:

DEUS EX MACHINA will provide you with resources and advanced tools necessary to deliver best-in-class results for our clients, in a workplace that inspires collaboration and creativity. Our people are the most important asset and we always strive for providing them with a good working-life balance. What to expect working at DEUS:

  • Competitive compensation packages based on qualifications.
  • Flexible work schedule
  • ​Professional and personal development opportunities
  • Private​ life &​ health insurance 
  • Wellbeing activities
  • Room to experiment, learn and have fun
  • Peers with big smiles and fascinating ideas
  • A multi-disciplinary​, multinational​ team that values trust and autonomy

 

If you like the description above, we are looking forward to receiving your application. Please apply with your latest CV in English.

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