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Ingenio Global Linkedin · Posted 21d ago

Backend Engineer

South Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

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Ingenio is partnering with a deep-tech company operating at the intersection of AI, molecular modelling, quantum physics, and high-performance computing.

Backed by national and European funding, this award-winning team is building the infrastructure powering next-generation, AI-driven drug development across pharma and biotech.


They’re now hiring a Backend Engineer to help design and maintain the database and backend systems behind advanced scientific computation platforms.


This is a hands-on engineering position focused on self-hosted PostgreSQL infrastructure, HPC workloads, and Python-driven data pipelines.

You’ll work closely with R&D teams and senior technical leadership to ensure scalable, reliable backend systems supporting long-running, parallelised scientific computation.


What You’ll Do:

  • Design, build, and maintain a self-hosted PostgreSQL environment
  • Configure and optimise databases for parallel HPC workloads
  • Own backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and data integrity
  • Define schemas, tables, permissions, and access controls
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of ETL pipelines in Python
  • Support observability and monitoring across database infrastructure


What You’ll Need:

  • 3+ years’ experience in database design, management, backup & recovery
  • Strong PostgreSQL (or MySQL) experience, including self-hosting
  • Solid Linux systems background
  • Experience with containers (Docker or Podman)
  • Strong Python fundamentals and clean software design principles
  • Experience with observability tools (e.g. Prometheus, Alembic, Barman or similar)
  • Clear communicator with an ownership mindset


Nice to Have:

  • ETL orchestration tools (Prefect, Dagster, Airflow)
  • Parallel computing frameworks or schedulers (OpenMP, MPI, SLURM)


Additional details:

Location: South Dublin (Onsite 4 days per week)

Package: Competitive salary + 10% bonus + Healthcare + Pension


If you enjoy building robust backend systems that power cutting-edge scientific research, this is a rare opportunity to work at the frontier of AI-driven pharma innovation.

👉 Apply now or contact Ingenio for a confidential discussion.

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