Software Engineer Intern

InstaDeep, founded in 2014, is a pioneering AI company at the forefront of innovation. With strategic offices in major cities worldwide, including London, Paris, Berlin, Tunis, Kigali, Cape Town, New York, and San Francisco, InstaDeep collaborates with giants like Google DeepMind and prestigious educational institutions like MIT, Stanford, Oxford, UCL, and Imperial College London. We are a Google Cloud Partner and a select NVIDIA Elite Service Delivery Partner. We have been listed among notable players in AI, fast-growing companies, and Europe's 1000 fastest-growing companies in 2022 by Statista and the Financial Times. Our recent acquisition by BioNTech has further solidified our commitment to leading the industry.

Join us to be a part of the AI revolution!

In the BioAI department, we advance the boundaries of healthcare and medical science through a combination of biology and artificial intelligence expertise. Notably, we are developing the next-generation vaccines and biopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment and prevention and therapy of infectious diseases. By joining us, you will contribute to this effort in collaboration with scientists, engineers and biologists from both InstaDeep and BioNTech and have the opportunity to contribute to scientific papers submitted to leading conferences and journals.

In this position, you will work closely with our engineering and research teams to design, implement, and deploy robust and scalable systems that support large-scale biological data processing, and experimentation pipelines. Your work will directly enable faster research cycles and more reliable insights in precision medicine.

• Design and implement efficient algorithms and backend components for large-scale biological data analysis and processing.
• Develop and maintain software infrastructure, including APIs, databases, and distributed computing environments, to support research and production workflows.
• Contribute to the automation and deployment of pipelines across on-premise and cloud environments.
• Ensure code quality, testing, and documentation to maintain high engineering standards.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams (software engineers, ML researchers, and biologists) to translate research needs into reliable software solutions.

• On-going Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong programming skills in Python and proficiency with Linux environments.
• Experience with software development best practices (testing, modular design, version control).
• Familiarity with databases (SQL or NoSQL) and data management workflows.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Work permit for the considered location.

• Experience with Docker and Git-based workflows.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to APIs, microservices, or distributed systems.
• Interest in bioinformatics or applying software engineering to biological data.
• Familiarity with data visualization or basic machine learning concepts is a plus (not required).

**Please submit your CV/Resume and Cover letter in English**

Our commitment to our people:

We empower individuals to celebrate their uniqueness here at InstaDeep. Our team comes from all walks of life, and we’re proud to continue encouraging and supporting applicants from underrepresented groups across the globe. Our commitment to creating an authentic environment comes from our ability to learn and grow from our diversity, and how better to experience this than by joining our team? We operate on a hybrid work model with guidance to work at the office 3 days per week to encourage close collaboration and innovation. We are continuing to review the situation with the well-being of InstaDeepers at the forefront of our minds.

Right to work: 

Please note that you will require the legal right to work without visa sponsorship in the location you are applying for. We do not sponsor work visas.