Software Engineer
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
About Watershed
Our vision is to become the leading biocomputing platform. The future of biology is in big data analysis, and we are on a mission to accelerate digital drug discovery with the Watershed platform. Watershed enables scientists to conduct all essential analysis — from lab data to plot — with a single software platform.
We have attracted some of the best bioinformatics, engineering, and commercial talent, and we are growing! Join a team that’s intellectually curious with a bias for action, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, composed of people who have come together to enable outcomes while empowering the research of all those committed to changing lives — all while bringing transformational change to a $40 billion industry.
Responsibilities
- Implement data exploration APIs and tools, including visualizations and
numerical routines
- Work closely with in-house biologists and our customers to incorporate feedback
and improvements into the codebase
- Create and maintain external documentation for APIs and tools
Qualifications
- Experience in any of the following areas: sequencing data analysis,
bioinformatics, data visualization, or statistics
- Programming experience in Python, including experience with Pandas and
Matplotlib
- Experience working with Unix/Linux
- Familiarity with software design patterns and best practices
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Watershed is an equal-opportunity employer and believes diversity of all types is integral to company success. We do not discriminate on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
The team: Engineering
This role is one of 6 open in Engineering.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Linux (4 of 6), Python (3 of 6), JavaScript (2 of 6), Unix (2 of 6)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Site Reliability Engineer posted Jun 27
- Senior Software Engineer, Product posted Dec 1
- Infrastructure Engineer posted Nov 29
- Software Engineer, UI posted Feb 7
- High Performance Computing Engineer posted Nov 28
From the team and dates on Watershed Informatics's own job board.
Salary context
214 other open postings titled Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 140,000 to USD 200,000 a year.
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