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Proxima · 4 months ago

Scientific Software Engineer

Boston, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $190K/yr

Proxima is a company that combines machine learning techniques with systems biology to create computational models for drug discovery. They are seeking a Scientific Software Engineer to develop large-scale scientific workflows, support existing workflows, and identify automation opportunities to enhance efficiency.

Alternative MedicineArtificial Intelligence (AI)BiotechnologyClinical TrialsLife ScienceMachine Learning

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Shaping our product by spearheading new features and services

Developing software tools to automate or improve processes ranging from data ingestion pipelines to bespoke cheminformatics workflows

Contributing to the culture of a rapidly growing company

Being challenged by your colleagues and learning something new every day

Qualification

Cheminformatics workflowsDrug discovery projectsBio/chem engineeringPythonMachine learningDocker/KubernetesSystems engineeringHigh performance cloud computingProtein-protein dockingMDRosettaVersatilityIndependenceOwnership

Required

Developing cheminformatics workflows

Experience and academic background in bio/chem engineering, computational chemistry/biology/biophysics

Experience working on drug discovery projects

RDKit, VS, protein-protein docking, Rosetta, MD, ML

Ability to break apart existing code; solve ad hoc problems with little help

Willingness to work with existing codebases

No task too big or small; strong sense of independence and ownership

Company

Proxima

Proxima Bio develops programmable medicines that modulate protein interactions to address disease processes.

Founded in 2019

New York, New York, USA

11-50 employees

https://proximabio.com

H1B Sponsorship

Proxima has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (1)

2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Total Funding

$80M

Key Investors

DCVC

2026-01-13Seed· $80M

Leadership Team

Zachary Carpenter

Founder & CEO

Luca Naef

Co-Founder & CTO

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