Contract Software Engineer

Fog Pharmaceuticals

Fog Pharmaceuticals

Software Engineering
Cambridge, MA, USA
Posted on May 21, 2025

Why join us?

Parabilis Medicines is a highly distinctive young biopharmaceutical company whose intention is to grow over time into the ranks of major therapeutics companies. Our foundational platform of Helicon™ therapeutics are peptides capable of efficient cell entry and modulation of both protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions. Through Helicon therapeutics, Parabilis is poised to revolutionize the medical possibilities for patients by precisely drugging intracellular targets long understood to be significant drivers of disease but never before drugged due to the limitations of existing drug modalities to act within the cell.

An important distinctive element of Parabilis is our lead program FOG-001, the company’s first-in-class TCF-blocking β-catenin inhibitor. This compound is approximately 18 months and ~50 patients into our early development program for patients with advanced solid tumors, most importantly colorectal cancer. There are few products in the ecosystem with the medical and economic potential of FOG-001. Parabilis is fully leveraging the unprecedented potential Helicons present by deploying proprietary, custom-built machine learning and computational methods as part of its discovery and development process. Parabilis Medicines has raised more than $500 million to date from leading life sciences investors. Parabilis Medicines is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass.

What’s the opportunity?

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Science team. This is a full-time contract role through year end.

Responsibilities include:

  • Lead development of our internal software solutions.
  • Gather requirements and architect new features.
  • Prioritize implementation of features
  • Establish, implement, and ensure adherence to software development best practices, coding standards, and quality assurance processes.
  • Play a role in all the phases of software development, from requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, and final release to customers.

What you’ll need to be successful:

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • Deep understanding of Python, and distributed and parallel computational design
  • Advanced Experience with AWS and microservices architecture is required.
  • Experience with DevOps, CI/CD systems, release management, and technical documentation
  • Experience with MLOps and Data Science environments
  • Advanced experience working in agile methodology and productivity tools.
  • Experience in life sciences is preferred.

Core Values

Parabilis Medicines is a team of passionate pioneers who are trailblazing the future of precision medicine with the aim of making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. The company is committed to promoting an inspiring and flourishing working environment for all employees across the business, in all departments, and driving innovation for patient benefit.

  • Growth-Minded. We’re inventing a new class of medicines—one applicable to therapeutic targets that have been dreamt about, but always considered impossible to drug. Our work requires us to be curious, humble and adaptable.
  • In(ter)dependent. We are fiercely independent as a leader in defying the limitations of current therapeutic modalities, and interdependent as a team as we work collaboratively to shift drug discovery paradigms and provide patients with better treatment options.
  • Patient-focused. We are deeply focused on patient outcomes, and all energy in the company is focused on science as it translates to patient impact.
  • All-In. We’re All-In on solving some of the hardest scientific challenges and delivering one of the most effective new classes of drugs in history.

As an equal opportunity employer, Parabilis Medicines values diversity and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.

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