Software Engineer

Aquila Technology is hiring a Software Engineer in Lexington, MA to build and maintain full-stack applications for bioanalytics, bioinformatics, and AI-driven data initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain full-stack applications supporting advanced bioanalytics and data-driven initiatives
• Build scalable software, bioinformatics tools, and AI-driven solutions using complex biological datasets
• Develop secure, reliable applications
• Identify strategic implications of technical decisions and anticipate downstream impacts

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline OR bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience
• 5 years full-stack software development
• Excellent problem solving
• Strong team communication plus strong written and verbal communication
• Work successfully in a team environment (including collaborative work in small to medium sized teams)
• 5 years schema definitions and data modeling for SQL databases
• 5 years AWS development experience with:
  • S3, IAM, RDS, EC2, Systems Manager, CloudWatch
  • CloudFormation, ECR, EKS
• 5 years software documentation
• 5 years JavaScript/React
• 5 years proficiency in modern Python (e.g., Flask, SQLAlchemy, boto3)
• 5 years designing and developing cloud-based distributed systems with microservices
• 5 years version control (Git/GitHub/GitLab)
• Proven ability to identify strategic implications of technical decisions and proactively advise the development team on potential downstream impacts
• 5+ years full-stack experience including:
  • Modern Python (Flask, SQLAlchemy, boto3) and JavaScript/React
  • Cloud-based distributed systems with microservices
  • Schema definitions and data modeling for SQL databases
  • AWS development experience (S3, IAM, RDS, EC2, Systems Manager, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, ECR, EKS)
  • Version control (Git/GitHub/GitLab)
  • Strong software documentation practices

Technologies

• JavaScript, React
• Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, boto3
• AWS S3, AWS IAM, AWS RDS, AWS EC2, AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, AWS ECR, AWS EKS
• SQL
• Git, GitHub, GitLab
• microservices, ETL, ELT, Kubernetes, Kubeflow

Clearance

• Interim clearance is sufficient to start with
• An active clearance is highly preferred

Location and Work Schedule

• 100% onsite due to the nature of the work
• Must live within 100 miles of Lexington, MA
• Onsite at least 4 days a week for the first year
• After the first year, hybrid flexibility could be discussed; final schedule TBD by the hiring manager

Interview Process

• 1st round: Zoom
• 2nd round: onsite preferred if the candidate is local
• If not local: Zoom interview for the next round

Benefits

• PTO: 15 days (vacation/sick)
• Paid holidays: 10 total (6 standard: New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas; plus 4 floating holidays prorated based on day of hire)
• Volunteer time: 1.5 paid days or 12 hours for approved volunteer work
• Paid LOA: 1 week of paid maternity/paternity LOA after 1 year of full-time employment
• Tuition & Training Reimbursement: $5,000 annually for pre-approved, eligible full-time team members (minimum 6 months employment; B or better; reimbursement up to $5,000 per fiscal year for tuition expenses only)
• 401K with Fidelity: eligible after 90 days; company match includes $1/$1 up to 3%, then $0.50/$1 for 4th and 5th percent
• Fully vested: from day one
• Cell Phone & Internet Reimbursement: up to $150 monthly (remote 2 days a week or more to qualify)
• BYOD: reimbursement up to $1,500 every three years for eligible equipment used to access corporate services (requires 6 months employment and a signed Device Minimum Configuration Form)

Nice to Have

• SQL database performance tuning and query optimization
• Background in bioinformatics, genomics, or related life sciences data
• Defining, debugging, and troubleshooting ETL/ELT pipelines and processes
• Defining and managing workflows in k8s-based orchestration engines (i.e., Kubeflow)