Senior Software Engineer - Cloud & High Performance Computing

About the job you’re considering

Capgemini is seeking experienced software and cloud engineers to accelerate research computing initiatives. You will work closely with data scientists, software developers, and other platform teams to deliver scalable, secure, and efficient solutions for research workflows on cloud and High Performance Computing (HPC) environments for biotech and pharmaceutical applications.

This role may either be a hybrid opportunity in Chicago, IL , or fully remote for highly competitive candidates.

Your role

• Build and maintain HPC and cloud-based workflows
• Migrate legacy HPC workflows to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Implement infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform)
• Collaborate to address gaps in permission management, data access, workflow execution, and automation
• Develop engineering standards & best practices via standard containers, library development, cookie-cutter repos, workflow templates, CI/CD pipelines
• Promote reproducibility and maintainability across research codebases
• Ad-Hoc engineering support for scientists in the UK and US East Cost time zones
• Provide hands-on assistance for scientists with complex integrations and troubleshooting
   

Your skills and experience

• 7+ years experience developing cloud solutions for biotech/biopharma research or other specialized industries
• Demonstrated expertise with Google Cloud Platform (BigTable, BigQuery, Cloud Run)
• Experience with HPC workflows and HPC-to-cloud migrations
• Proficiency in Nextflow pipelines and cloud deployments
• Strong DevOps skills with proficiency in containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
• Advanced Python and shell scripting experience
• Familiarity with big data tools (BigQuery optimization a plus)
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Familiarity with Java preferred

Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

• Flexible work
• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
• Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Disaster Relief
   

About Capgemini Engineering

World leader in engineering and R&D services, Capgemini Engineering combines its broad industry knowledge and cutting-edge technologies in digital and software to support the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. Coupled with the capabilities of the rest of the Group, it helps clients to accelerate their journey towards Intelligent Industry. Capgemini Engineering has 65,000 engineer and scientist team members in over 30 countries across sectors including Aeronautics, Space, Defense, Naval, Automotive, Rail, Infrastructure & Transportation, Energy, Utilities &

Chemicals, Life Sciences, Communications, Semiconductor & Electronics, Industrial & Consumer, Software & Internet.

Capgemini Engineering is an integral part of the Capgemini Group, a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable worl