LanzaTech Looking for Software Engineer (Bioinformatics) – Hybrid at Rangitoto Island, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

About us: LanzaTech was founded on the belief that we have enough carbon above ground to make everything we need. Through our biorecycling technology, we transform carbon into sustainable raw materials, replacing the need for virgin fossil carbon in consumer goods and transport fuels. We are building the circular carbon economy.

Our impact: To date, we have abated over 275,000 tons of carbon dioxide (the equivalent amount of CO2 needed to charge 30,346,895,586 smartphones) across three commercial plants, and will soon have the capacity to abate 500,000 tons annually when three more plants launch in 2023.

With dozens more projects in the pipeline, we are helping global companies like Zara, H&M Move, Coty, and on use recycled carbon to make sustainable consumer products from carbon that would otherwise be emitted from heavy industries such as steel making.

Our team:

• We’re a diverse, woman-led company, with over 400 team members and counting
• We’re distributed around the globe—from Chicago and Europe to India, China, & New Zealand

Named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023, our team is taking on climate change one ton of carbon at a time.

We are a woman-led company on a mission to recycle the world’s carbon supply, and we want you to join us!

About The Role

The Artificial Intelligence & Computational Biology (AICB) department at LanzaTech is seeking a technical staff member for the role of Software Developer. We are looking for intermediate candidates with backend and bioinformatics experience.

The team contributes to research & development relating to LanzaTech’s carbon recycling microbes and fermentation process. You will engineer Python pipelines and collaborate closely with the Systems Biology team to design database solutions to scale their work. You will foster a culture of development best practice and create innovative solutions.

This role involves collaboration with other departments in a fast-paced scientific organization, working across the lifecycle from design through to deployment.

This position is on-site or hybrid at our Skokie, IL or Auckland, NZ office.

Key duties

• Design, develop and maintain bioinformatics pipelines and services
• Design, implement and administer databases
• Develop software for the analysis and visualization of bioinformatics data
• Collaborate with scientists, data engineers, and software engineers to design and optimize bioinformatics processes
• Ensure high-quality analysis through testing and verification
• Prepare and maintain documentation
• Carry out code reviews and foster a culture of quality

Required

• > 2 years software or data engineering experience
• Experience developing bioinformatics pipelines in Python
• Database design, implementation and administration experience
• Linux experience
• Version control and best practices including Git, branching and versioning
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and excellent attention to detail
• Clear oral and written communication skills

Desirable

We are especially excited about candidates who have experience with:

• Bachelors or Masters in Biology
• Django, Flask or FastAPI
• Workflow management tools
• DevOps (NGINX, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, deployment automation)
• React or Vue experience
• NodeJS and NestJS or Express
• Amazon Web Services
• Interactive data visualizations
• Experience with industrial software applications

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

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