Are you ready to join Connecticut Innovation's vibrant community of innovators? Connecticut Innovations ("CI") is Connecticut's strategic venture capital arm, and we are passionate about serving our portfolio of 220+ companies across various industries, with strengths in life sciences, technology, and climate tech.
Come join one of our quickly growing portfolio companies, Enko!
At Enko we believe that to create the future the world wants, we need to change the way the world grows. Our goal is not just to create something better, but to play a part in something bigger. Enko discovers and develops novel products for farmers to protect their crops from pests and disease.
Our agricultural invention platform, Enkompass™, uses A.I. and machine learning to create more effective ways of finding and selecting the right treatments for the right targets. Led by a team of proven scientists, entrepreneurs, and industry veterans, Enko's innovative science, agile design, and discovery of new modes of action is producing next-generation crop protection solutions that will overcome the critical challenges facing industry. The industry has taken notice, and we have active projects with many key industry players...with more to come!
Enko is searching for a highly collaborative, solutions-oriented Software Engineer to join their quickly growing computational science team to specifically to help build unique datasets, AI models, and the infrastructure to support them.
What You'll Do
Your main objective will be to develop internal tools, data products, and infrastructure that will enhance the productivity of our small molecule discovery pipeline. You will be a key contributor to the direction and execution of our software infrastructure, and to making technical decisions that advance our AI and data products. You will have influence in the continued development of a culture of innovation and empowerment as a valued technical expert.
This will be a hybrid role, at our HQ and research facility in Mystic, CT.
The successful candidate must be very comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle competing tasks and demands.
This role represents a great opportunity to utilize scientific, technical, and interpersonal skills:
Build software tools to support the Company's computational chemistry efforts including molecular design, chem informatics, AI-based predictive systems, simulation and virtual screening.
Architect cloud infrastructure for handling large datasets and computational needs efficiently and easily.
Apply expertise to enable training and validation of machine learning models using data from multiple sources, including DEL screening experiments, to rapidly and cost effectively discover and optimize chemistries.
Collaborate closely across the company to explore ways to accelerate the discovery and development of novel small molecules aligned with the company's strategic goals.
About You
You hold an advanced degree in a STEM discipline.
You have a minimum of 3 years of post-degree experience in a lab environment or related industry.
You have previous Individual contributor experience in both data engineering and machine learning engineering for deep learning models, preferably in a scientific application.
You care about building clean code and are passionate about continuous development of your technical skillset.
You have previously written test scripts and SQL queries.
You have experience building and maintaining scalable APIs.
You possess the ability to move beyond packaged software to prototype and implement innovative ideas.
You love to build relationships and have an eagerness to collaborate across disciplines and quickly learn new domain knowledge.
You are inquisitive and believe that broad curiosity helps to generate process improvements.
Why Work at Enko?
Our products address a $70 billion core market focused on crop health with expansion into adjacent markets worth $300+ billion.
We have $150 million in capitalization, with $80 million raised as part of a Series C in December 2022
Our global investors include Anterra Capital, Nufarm, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Eight Roads Ventures, Finistere Ventures, Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund, Novalis LifeSciences, Syngenta, TaherGozal, Germin8 Ventures, TO Ventures Food, Endeavor8, Connecticut Innovations, Silver Blue LLC, and Alumni Ventures Group.
We have over 40 novel pipeline programs and 5 strategic partnerships announced, including with Syngenta and Bayer
Our headquarters and research facility in Mystic, CT has 90,000 square feet of state-of-the-art labs and computer-controlled greenhouses built for pre-field experimentation and scale.
Enko is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.