Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Design and build the interface scientists use to get from protein sequencing data to results
About Portal Biotech
Portal Biotech has built the world's only platform capable of sequencing full-length proteins at the single-molecule level. Using our nanopore technology, we read intact proteins of any size, capturing both sequence and post-translational modifications in a way no other system can. This opens up entirely new ways to understand protein biology, with applications across drug discovery, diagnostics, and biosecurity.
Our technology works and customers are engaging with it. We're now focused on scaling, turning breakthrough science into products that deliver real biological insight as we move beyond Series A towards global product launch.
About the Role
We are seeking two Senior Full-Stack Software Engineers to join our Analysis Platform team. You'll design and build the backend services, UI and deployment infrastructure that power the platform scientists use to launch analyses, follow runs and interact with reports from our analysis pipeline.
What you'll work on
Design and implement services to launch and manage data analysis workflows, serving both internal teams and external users
Work with and support the React front-end developers to design APIs and contribute to UI implementation
Automate system deployment to Azure
Review and refine product requirements, software design and test cases
Full-time, permanent role.
London hybrid at Scale Space, White City, 3-4 days/week.
Requirements
6+ years' experience, with exposure to the full product development lifecycle
Significant experience of building reliable, well-engineered, maintainable Python components in a commercial software environment
Experience deploying cloud systems with infrastructure as code; we use Bicep on Azure, but it’s OK if you know something else
Some experience of React and TypeScript user interface development
Experience with modern testing frameworks, ideally including integration and end-to-end testing (e.g. pytest, Cucumber, Playwright)
Comfortable owning outcomes, making decisions, and pushing work over the finish line in a fast-moving environment
Ability to collaborate effectively as part of a cross-functional team, with domain experts and product leads
Desirable
Experience using AI to augment productivity while producing high-quality outputs as part of an SDLC process
Familiarity with developing software within a Quality Management System
Scientific, bioinformatics or lab-software experience
Portal is an equal opportunities employer. We are enriched by our diversity and are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and equitable environment for all. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and life experiences. We have multiple positions open, so we encourage you to apply if you are enthusiastic about the Portal mission, even if you don’t tick every one of the listed requirements.
- Team
- Bioinformatics (BiX)
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Location
- London
- Remote status
- Hybrid
Strictly NO agencies!
Any CVs submitted by agencies that we have not instructed will be considered as gifts.
About Portal Biotech
Founded by DNA-sequencing veterans, Portal Biotech is developing the first bench-top single-molecule protein sequencer, leveraging machine-learning algorithms and building on decades of in-house expertise in nanopore technology. By analysing full-length protein molecules at the single-molecule level, our platform delivers rapid, real-time information on protein identity, abundance, and structure. Those insights open frontiers in drug discovery, diagnostics, and fundamental research, helping scientists and clinicians to better understand human health and disease.