Senior Software Engineer

Ework Group is hiring for a Senior Software Engineer in a Knowledge Graph role focused on integrating heterogeneous drug discovery and gene biology data.

• Strong Python skills for data engineering and pipeline development
• Hands-on experience with Neo4j (Cypher, schema design, query optimization)
• Proven experience integrating multiple heterogeneous biomedical data sources
• Deep understanding of data quality practices in production environments
• Experience working directly with data providers to resolve schema, identifier, and consistency issues
• Familiarity with biomedical standards and identifiers (UniProt, Ensembl, ChEMBL, etc.)
• Strong communication skills with cross-functional scientific and technical teams

Nice to have:

• Experience in pharma, biotech, or academic drug discovery
• Advanced degree (MSc/PhD) in a relevant field
• Familiarity with graph ML, embeddings, or search/retrieval concepts

• Define and enforce data validation, provenance tracking, and quality metrics across all data sources in the graph
• Work closely with internal and external data providers to ingest, normalize, and harmonize heterogeneous biomedical datasets
• Own the Neo4j schema, data modeling, and pipeline reliability
• Ensure graph data is structured and trustworthy to support downstream AI and analytics use cases, including the Blindspot Analysis
• Collaborate with research scientists, data scientists, and engineers to translate scientific needs into reliable data solutions