[Hiring] Senior Data Backend Engineer @Owkin
Senior Data Backend Engineer @Owkin
Software Development
Salary unspecified
Remote Location
Employment Type full-time
Posted 1mth ago

[Hiring] Senior Data Backend Engineer @Owkin

1mth ago - Owkin is hiring a remote Senior Data Backend Engineer. πŸ’Έ Salary: unspecified πŸ“Location: UK, Germany, France

Role Description

As a Senior Data Backend Engineer, you will build the world leading Agentic AI product for biomedical researchers by combining robust engineering practices with cutting-edge AI technologies. You'll be working on a real-time system that integrates LLMs, tool-calling, to explore public biology knowledge, Owkin proprietary data and client data.

More specifically, the role is focused on designing and optimising data workflows (storage, querying, analytics, etc) for agentic capabilities.

  • Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team of product managers, designers, software engineers, data engineers and machine learning and biomedical scientists.
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable data-intensive AI systems.
  • Drive technical decisions and provide context-aware solutions for AI systems in biological research.
  • Experiment with cutting-edge industry solutions:
    • Orchestration patterns
    • Analytical DB (DuckDB, etc)
    • Distributed computing (AWS Athena, Trino, etc)
    • Integration with data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, etc)
  • Lead core stack component development focusing on sustainability, scalability, security, reliability, and performance.
  • Foster team growth by sharing expertise and mentoring colleagues through code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

  • You’re driven by impact β€” excited to empower biomedical researchers with intuitive, AI-driven tools that unlock scientific discovery.
  • Strong collaborative skills with an open, pragmatic mindset; you thrive in multidisciplinary environments that involve people with diverse backgrounds.
  • Clear and effective communicator who can translate technical complexity into actionable decisions for the team.
  • Proven track record leading software development at scale in production environments.
  • Deep understanding of system architecture, infrastructure design, and building resilient distributed systems.
  • Extensive experience with production environments: continuous deployment, high availability, observability, and security.
  • Curiosity and ideally hands-on experience with AI systems β€” from integrating LLMs to managing their connection to data.
  • Passion for user experience and product thinking: you consider not only the system’s internals but how the end user interacts with and benefits from your work.
  • Proficiency with Claude Code and other AI software engineering tools.
  • Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Requirements

  • Stack: Python, DuckDB, Kubernetes, AWS

Benefits

  • Flexible work organization
  • Friendly and informal working environment
  • Opportunity to work with an international team with high technical and scientific backgrounds
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