Job Application for Senior Software Engineer, LiveDesign at Schrödinger

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Schrödinger, a science and technology leader with 30 years of experience providing solutions for atomic-scale modeling and physics-based chemical simulations, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to improve and maintain the code of our enterprise products.

As a member of the LiveDesign team, you’ll join a group of passionate engineers, entrepreneurs, scientists, and tinkerers in their efforts to develop a rich collaborative Web application that allows researchers to leverage the power of Schrodinger's software platform. Using your love for software development and eye for coding quality, you will play an essential role in revolutionizing the design of novel therapeutics and materials.

Who will love this job:

A software engineer with a passion for adopting best engineering practices
A computer scientist with an interest in chemistry, physics, or biology
An excellent verbal and written communicator with great interpersonal skills
An independent time manager who’s enthusiastic about learning new methods to solve challenging problems

What you’ll do:

Collaborate closely within a cross-functional, agile team composed of product designers, developers, and testers to deliver features and functionality that meet business and product goals
Design, build, and test high-performance, distributed components in problem areas including but not limited to data aggregation/transformation/reporting and large-scale computations for a collaborative multi-user application
Maintain a robust, reliable, and highly scalable foundation for our core enterprise solution; proactively research new technologies, developing solutions for challenging performance and scalability problems, and champion their adoption across the organization to drive technical excellence
Implement comprehensive performance tests and frameworks to ensure optimal system performance and reliability at scale
Participate in a code-reviewing environment that encourages learning and high code quality

What you’ll need:

At least five years of experience in software engineering
Experience with most of these:

Source control (GIT, SVN, etc)
Linux operating system
Writing software that communicates directly with 3rd party software (e.g. crawlers, automation scripts, API’s)
Relational or non-relational databases
High performance Scalable / Redundant / High volume systems
Microservices architecture

Experience with the following is a plus:

Building a system that operated on more than ten machines
Large scale distributed computing (Kafka, Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark)
Kubernetes or similar container orchestration tools
Log processing and data analysis
Performance testing frameworks (i.e. Selenium, Locust)

Pay and perks:

Schrödinger understands it’s people that make a company great. Because of this, we’re prepared to offer a competitive salary, stock options, and a wide range of benefits that include healthcare (with dental and vision), a 401k, pre-tax commuter benefits, a flexible work schedule, and a parental leave program. We have catered meals in the office and over a month of paid vacation time. Our Administrative and Human Resources departments also plan a myriad of fun company-wide events. New York is home to our largest office, but we have teams all over the world. Schrödinger is honored to have been selected as one of Crain's New York Best Places to Work for the past three years running.

Estimated base salary range (NYC only): $135,000 - $165,000. Actual compensation package is dependent on a number of factors, including, for example, experience, education, degrees held, market data, and business needs. If you have any questions regarding the compensation for this role, do not hesitate to reach out to a member of our Strategic Growth team.

Sound exciting? Apply today and join us!

As an equal opportunity employer, Schrödinger hires outstanding individuals into every position in the company. People who work with us have a high degree of engagement, a commitment to working effectively in teams, and a passion for the company's mission. We place the highest value on creating a safe environment where our employees can grow and contribute, and refuse to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious belief, sex, age, disability, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, partnership status, caregiver status, sexual and reproductive health decisions, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. To us, "diversity" isn't just a buzzword, but an important element of our core principles and key business practices. We believe that diverse companies innovate better and think more creatively than homogenous ones because they take into account a wide range of viewpoints. For us, greater diversity doesn't mean better headlines or public images - it means increased adaptability and profitability.

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