Register Your Interest - Senior AI Backend Engineer

About us

Owkin is an AI company on a mission to solve the complexity of biology. It is building the first Biology Super Intelligence (BASI) by combining powerful biological large language models multimodal patient data and agentic software. At the heart of this system is Owkin K an AI copilot and its new LLM fine-tuned on biology called Owkin Zero used by researchers clinicians and drug developers to better understand biology validate scientific hypotheses and deliver better diagnostics and therapies faster.

This is not a live job opening but by registering your interest youll be on our radar for future opportunities in France UK and Germany.

At Owkin we value care curiosity creativity and collaboration - and we appreciate that you share those values. Your interest tells us that youre passionate about using AI to transform patients lives and eager to collaborate with our talented Owkinautes. That means a lot to us.

What Happens Next

• Read the description (below) of the teams responsibilities if it resonates with you submit your interest

• Well review your submission to understand your skills interests and aspirations.

• If a relevant role opens up well be in touch to let you know.

• The timing is unpredictable - it could be weeks months or even a year. While we cant promise an immediate fit well be sure to reach out if we find a strong match.

Thank you for your interest in Owkin - we truly appreciate it and hope to connect in the future!

Please submit your CV in English

About the role:

As a Senior AI Software Engineer you will build the world leading Agentic AI product for biomedical researchers by combining robust engineering practices with cutting-edge AI technologies. Youll be working on a real-time system that integrates LLMs tool-calling and interactive UI elements making sure our users can seamlessly engage with complex data.

This role requires balancing traditional engineering principles with innovative approaches when integrating LLMs and AI throughout our technology stack. If you love building and refining a dynamic product this role is for you.

Your seniority and experience will be crucial in guiding the team to make strategic decisions and empowering team members.

In particular you will:

• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team of product managers designers software engineers and machine learning and biomedical scientists.
• Design build and maintain scalable reliable AI systems.
• Drive technical decisions and provide context-aware solutions for AI systems in biological research.
• Leverage and pioneer evaluation methodologies to ensure continuous product improvement.
• Experiment with cutting-edge industry solutionsorchestration patterns fine-tuning specialized monitoring feedback loops etc.
• Lead core stack component development focusing on sustainability scalability security reliability and performance.
• Foster team growth by sharing expertise and mentoring colleagues through code reviews technical discussions and knowledge sharing.

About you

• Youre driven by impact - excited to empower biomedical researchers with intuitive AI-driven tools that unlock scientific discovery.
• Strong collaborative skills with an open pragmatic mindset; you thrive in multidisciplinary environments.
• Clear and effective communicator who can translate technical complexity into actionable decisions for the team.
• Proven track record leading software development at scale in production environments.
• Deep understanding of system architecture infrastructure design and building resilient distributed systems.
• Extensive experience with production environments: continuous deployment high availability observability and security.
• Curiosity and ideally hands-on experience with AI systems - from integrating LLMs to evaluating their performance in real-world workflows.
• Passion for user experience and product thinking: you consider not only the systems internals but how the end user interacts with and benefits from your work.
• Fluent English both written and spoken.
• Stack: Python Kubernetes AWS

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What we offer

• Flexible work organization
• Friendly and informal working environment
• Opportunity to work with an international team with high technical and scientific backgrounds

Recruitment Process & Security

• Please complete the form and submit your CV.
• Owkin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race sex gender sexual orientation age color religion national origin protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.
• Owkin is a great place to work. As a coveted workplace we are unfortunately vulnerable to recruitment phishing scams. We urge all job seekers and candidates to be wary of potential scams. Most of these have individuals posing as representatives of prominent companies including Owkin with the aim of obtaining personal sensitive or financial information from applicants. These scams prey upon an individuals desire to obtain a job and can sometimes feel like a genuine recruitment process. Some red flags are identified below. Should you encounter a recruitment process that claims to be for Owkin but is not consistent with the below please do not provide any personal or financial information:
• Legitimate Owkin recruitment processes include communication with candidates through recognized professional networks such as LinkedIn.
• Communication is always through an official Owkin email address (from the @ domain) over the phone or through our applicant tracking system (Greenhouse).
• The Owkin talent team do use platforms such as LinkedIn and Job Teaser however if you have any concern or doubt about this contact please ask for them to send an email from @.
• The Owkin talent team will not solicit personal data from candidates during the application phase including but not limited to date of birth social security numbers or bank account information;
• Legitimate Owkin interviews may be conducted over the phone in person or via an approved enterprise videoconferencing service (Google Meets). They will not occur via Signal Telegram or Messenger
• Owkin offers of employment are based on merit and only extended once a candidate has interviewed with members of the talent and hiring team. Offers will be extended both verbally and in written format.

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