Software Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable AI systems
• ▹Drive technical decisions and provide context-aware solutions for AI systems in biological research
• ▹Leverage and pioneer evaluation methodologies to ensure continuous product improvement
• ▹Experiment with cutting-edge industry solutions — orchestration patterns, fine-tuning, specialized monitoring, feedback loops
• ▹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 and technical discussions
• ▹Participate in a team-wide shared on-call rotation
• ▹Lead development of Owkin agents, contributing to the core components of the K-Pro platform
• ▹Optimize analytical workflows to feed agents the data they need (DuckDB, AWS Athena, Trino, Snowflake, Databricks integrations)
• ▹Manage the seamless integration and deployment of agents within Owkin's broader data platform infrastructure

Requirements

• ▹Driven by impact — excited to empower biomedical researchers with intuitive, AI-driven tools
• ▹Strong collaborative skills with an open, pragmatic mindset in multidisciplinary environments
• ▹Clear, effective communicator who translates technical complexity into actionable decisions
• ▹Deep understanding of system architecture, infrastructure design, and resilient distributed systems, including complex analytical workflows
• ▹Extensive experience with production environments: continuous deployment, high availability, observability, security
• ▹Curiosity and ideally hands-on experience with AI systems, from LLM integration to real-world evaluation
• ▹Passion for user experience and product thinking
• ▹Proficiency with Claude Code and other AI software engineering tools
• ▹Fluent English, written and spoken
• ▹Stack: Python, Kubernetes, AWS

Nice to have

• ▹Experience working with spatial transcriptomics data
• ▹Knowledge of distributed computing, database, and serialization technologies
• ▹Front-end development experience (position is mostly back-end oriented)
• ▹Direct experience with data orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow

Soft skills

What we offer

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

About the company

Owkin is an agentic AI company pioneering Biological Artificial Superintelligence for pharmaceutical research and strategic decision-making. Its K Pro product is an AI scientist built on Owkin's multimodal patient data network and a decade of pharma partnership experience. Based in the Paris office or remotely in France, the UK, or Germany.