Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, BenevolentAI
AI-drug discovery
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AI-drug discovery
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
BenevolentAI's mission is to unlock the power of AI to transform drug discovery and bring effective medicines to every patient. Their vision is to drive transformational change through scalable technology solutions that result in a consistent pipeline of successful trials and new medicines for patients.
Role
Who you are
- Full stack application experience from design to deployment of backend and frontend architecture
- Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript
- Experience with web frameworks and distributed computing
- Experience developing CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong knowledge of relational databases
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
Desirable
- Strong computing fundamentals, design patterns, and frontend development
- Experience with Agile development methodologies and application version management
- Proficiency in Test-Driven Development (TDD)
- Familiarity with node.js
- Familiarity with end to end and unit testing frameworks
- Familiarity with monorepo tooling
- Familiarity with Vue.js, GQL, TypeScript, and Kubernetes
- Understanding of bioinformatics is a plus
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to manage stakeholders effectively
- Self starter and delivery-focused, with the ability to launch and iterate on solutions
- Leadership qualities, with the ability to work independently with minimal guidance
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Fullstack Software Engineer with an emphasis on frontend development to spearhead the development of our target prediction user interface.
- You will play a critical role in designing, developing, and deploying robust applications for tracking drug discovery feedback within our target prediction framework.
- You will work closely with our Target Prediction and Target Assessment teams, Product Managers, and Product Designers and scientist users to create effective and user-friendly solutions
- Design, develop, and deploy robust and reliable applications for tracking drug discovery feedback within our target prediction framework
- Collaborate with Product Managers and UX teams to create effective user-facing solutions
- Review the deployment of the existing framework and determine the next best steps
- Extend, maintain, or deprecate parts of the existing framework based on user needs
- Identify and validate genetic targets in diseases in collaboration with the Target Prediction and Target Assessment teams
Salary benchmarks
Our take
There is a lot of research being done in the pharmaceutical industry. BenevolentAI say there's a new research paper being published every 30 seconds. They argue this information is not being used in a smart way for the discovery and development of new drugs.
To tackle this problem, BenevolentAI uses artificial intelligence to analyse biomedical information, from clinical trials data to academic papers. They can then identify molecules that have failed in clinical trials and predict how these same compounds can instead be more efficient targeting other diseases.
They argue this approach can dramatically accelerate the discovery of new drugs. They've collaborated with large pharma companies like AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutica. A SPAC merger of 1.5 billion euros included AstraZeneca as an investor and will help BenevolentAI accelerate product development.
It's a big market, with Global Market Insights estimating the global healthcare AI market will exceed $10 billion by 2024. This gives them a big opportunity, but it won't be an easy problem to tackle.
Steph
Company Specialist
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
51% female employees
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2019
$90m
LATE VC
Apr 2018
$115m
LATE VC
Total funding: $305m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Put patients first: Everything we do is geared to getting the right medicine to the right patient, faster
- Break boundaries: We deliberately cross traditional boundaries between technology and science, human and machine, to create unique approaches
- Own the solution: We never hold back from contributing our point of view and taking responsibility
- Drive to delivery: We use data to drive decision-making and deliver with the right level of validation
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Joanna Shields
(CEO, not founder)Long career in technology, having previously worked at Google, Facebook and Bebo. Appointed to the House of Lords in 2014 and works as a Digital Economy Adviser to the UK Government.
Michael Brennan
(Co-founder & Non-Executive Director)Previously Head of Corporate Development at BenevolentAI. Before cofounding the company, they were Head of Corporate Development at Proximagen Group and Chief Executive of Novum Securities.
Ivan Griffin
(Co-founder & COO)Worked as a Venture Capitalist for over a decade. Also helped launch Genomics England Ltd, a Company created to deliver the 100,000 Genomes Project as launched by the Prime Minister in 2013. Holds a D.Phil. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Oxford where they also completed a year’s post-doctoral research.
People progressing
Joined as a Biomedical Informatics Manager. Promoted to VP after 10 months, then again to SVP of Informatics and Data.
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