Foundations Developer

About Sapio Sciences

Sapio Sciences is on a mission to accelerate scientific drug discovery and high-throughput clinical and diagnostics for our clients and partners. The Sapio team consists of expert and highly collaborative scientists, software developers, and professionals passionate about providing a best-in-class lab informatics platform and industry-specific solutions.

Sapio is one of the few software providers to offer a truly unified and highly configurable lab informatics platform and a broad suite of purpose-built solutions. The Sapio platform makes it easy for scientists, laboratory, and bio/informatics professionals to streamline and manage their end-to-end laboratory operations, from instrument data integration to workflow and experiment setup to sample and materials management, data management, and scientific data analysis and reporting.

Working at Sapio

At Sapio, we’re not just building lab informatics solutions. We’re creating tools made for the scientist and motivated to make the world a better place.

We understand that lab informatics is about more than managing data or connecting workflows. It’s about making life easier for the scientist and making scientific progress faster for everyone. Our platform delivers the levels of configurability, usability and insight that scientists have only ever dreamed of.

We’re a team of scientists, developers and innovators who question convention and stay focused on what matters most - advancing drug discovery science. We challenge the status quo and respond to the needs at the heart of science with powerful solutions that are simple to use, effortless to evolve and downright easy to love.

As part of the Sapio team, you’ll work in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment where your ideas are valued, your growth matters and your work makes a difference.

We’re proud to partner with leading labs around the world, from ambitious start-ups to global organisations, who trust Sapio to support discovery, development and diagnostics with industry-first science-aware solutions.

As an experienced Foundations Developer, you will be confident working in Life Sciences to enhance Sapio products and platform on an ongoing basis successfully.

Essential Responsibilities

• Aid in the development (coding) of new features in Foundations.
• Assist with updating or fixing features in Foundations
• Assist in the testing of Foundations.
• Assist in the design, implementation, and maintenance of testing scripts for all Foundations modules
• Assist with the maintenance of Bronze / Silver / Gold baseline servers/synergies.
• Assist with releases of Foundations.
• Ensuring SDLC is followed.
• Following Stage Gate and other validation tasks

Required Skills/ Abilities

• Strong programming skills with detailed knowledge of Java API or Python
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and fact-finding skills.
• Proven organizational skills, with the ability to deliver agreed workload within deadlines whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Be a self-starter who is happy to learn from colleagues.
• Be a problem solver
• Great communicator
• Able to maintain focus on activities that add value and avoid those that do not.
• Determined and persistent
• Maintain the highest standards of integrity and respect for coworkers, customers and prospects.

Desired Education/Experience

• Degree or equivalent in Computer Science
• Experience & interest in Life Sciences
• Preferred: knowledge of one or more of MySQL, Oracle, Tomcat, Linux, AWS

Our People

At Sapio Sciences, our people are at the heart of everything we do. Our lab informatics solutions are powered not just by technology, but by a shared commitment to our core values—what we proudly call The Sapio Seven, aka EMBRACE:

- E mbrace the future

- M ake a difference

- B e true partners

- R emember why we’re here

- A ct with empathy

- C ommit to transparency

- E xcel in quality

These values shape how we work, how we grow, and how we deliver impact for our clients every day.

Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, at any stage across the application, interview & assessment processes then please let us know. We will work with you to support your needs in confidence.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. We intend that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.