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title: 'Software Engineer at Watershed Informatics'
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# Software Engineer at Watershed Informatics

- **Company:** Watershed Informatics
- **Location:** Boston, MA
- **Posted:** 2020-11-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/watershed/jobs/4254100003?gh_jid=4254100003

## Job description

## About Watershed

Our vision is to become the leading biocomputing platform. The future of biology is in big data analysis, and we are on a mission to accelerate digital drug discovery with the Watershed platform. Watershed enables scientists to conduct all essential analysis — from lab data to plot — with a single software platform.

We have attracted some of the best bioinformatics, engineering, and commercial talent, and we are growing! Join a team that’s intellectually curious with a bias for action, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, composed of people who have come together to enable outcomes while empowering the research of all those committed to changing lives — all while bringing transformational change to a $40 billion industry.

## Responsibilities

- Implement data exploration APIs and tools, including visualizations and numerical routines
- Work closely with in-house biologists and our customers to incorporate feedback and improvements into the codebase
- Create and maintain external documentation for APIs and tools

## Qualifications

- Experience in any of the following areas: sequencing data analysis, bioinformatics, data visualization, or statistics
- Programming experience in Python, including experience with Pandas and Matplotlib
- Experience working with Unix/Linux
- Familiarity with software design patterns and best practices
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Watershed is an equal-opportunity employer and believes diversity of all types is integral to company success. We do not discriminate on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

## About Watershed Informatics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Watershed Informatics provides a unified, cloud-based platform for biological data analysis, discovery, and collaboration, enabling scientists to scale drug discovery and development pipelines.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Jonathan Wang and Mark Kalinich

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Bioinformatics / Biotechnology Research
- **Target customers**: B2B – life sciences organizations (pharma, biotech, academic labs) of all sizes.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: Transform biomedical research by providing a complete, scalable solution for biological data analysis.

## Products & Services
- **Watershed Platform**: A SaaS platform that enables secure access, management, and analysis of all biological data types (genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, etc.). Features include customizable AI tools, notebooks, collaborative workflows, and supercomputing infrastructure. [watershed.bio](https://watershed.bio/)
- **Cloud Data Lab**: An end-to-end bio-IT managed service for mission-critical bioinformatics analyses at reduced cost and complexity. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/watershed-informatics)
- **Training & Support**: Onboarding training and hourly support from PhD-level bioinformaticians, with custom plans for startups and academia. [watershed.bio/faqs](https://watershed.bio/faqs)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding $16.2M (Seed $1.7M in 2021, Series A $14.5M in 2023 led by Canvas Prime) | Annual Revenue $3.4M (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Canvas Prime (lead), 4 investors in Series A; Advisors: Frank Moss, Ph.D. (Harvard Medical School, MGH Cancer Center) and Michael Lawrence, Ph.D. (Jackson Laboratory). Clients include Revitope Oncology, SQZ Biotech, and Rarebase. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/watershed-bio) | [watershed.bio/company](https://watershed.bio/company)
- **Growth Signals**: Active hiring (8+ open roles on Built In in engineering, bioinformatics, and marketing), expanding library of analysis workflows and automation features.

## Competitive Advantages
- End-to-end platform supporting all biological data types (multi-omics, imaging, etc.) in one environment.
- Security built by CEO with quantitative finance background.
- Scalable supercomputing infrastructure – processes hundreds of terabytes of data monthly.
- Dedicated bioinformatics support (training, custom workflows) for users of all skill levels.
- Integrations with tools like Benchling, RStudio, and Alphafold.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue building the platform to drive “a new era of scientific breakthroughs” through expanded workflows, automation, and AI capabilities.
- Deepen partnerships with both industry and academia to accelerate drug discovery.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Close-knit, interdisciplinary team of experts in bioinformatics, engineering, and biology – described as “collaborative growth-forward environment.” [watershed.bio/company](https://watershed.bio/company)
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Headquarters in Cambridge, MA (in-office for many roles). Employees located across the country – likely flexible for some positions.
- **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work at the intersection of biology and technology, direct impact on biomedical research, access to leading experts as advisors, and fast-growing startup environment.

## Sources
1. [watershed.bio](https://watershed.bio/)
2. [watershed.bio/company](https://watershed.bio/company)
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/watershed-bio)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/watershed-informatics)
5. [watershed.bio/faqs](https://watershed.bio/faqs)

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