Principal Software Engineer

Impossible Foods is addressing the most catastrophic threats facing humanity: climate change and biodiversity collapse. A global transition to a plant-based food system will turn back the clock on atmospheric CO2 levels, restore natural ecosystems and reverse meltdown in wildlife biomass.
The easiest -- if not only -- way to make our civilization sustainable is to eliminate livestock, the most dangerous technology on Earth. But humans won’t give up meat. So we need to make meat better -- more delicious and more nutritious, without animals as the underlying production technology. That means that making meat sustainably is the most important and urgent problem for the global scientific community.
Impossible Foods' mission is to completely replace the use of animals as a food-production technology by offering consumers everything they currently value about animal products -- and making products that are vastly superior to their animal analogues.
To do this, we are taking a revolutionary scientific and market-based approach. We are inventing efficient, sustainable ways to transform ingredients from plants into meat, fish and dairy foods that deliver all the pleasures and nutritional benefits consumers demand, without the destructive environmental or public health impact.
Our world-class R&D team has been building the know-how and technology platform to produce meat, fish and dairy foods from plants. Impossible Foods is experiencing rapid growth and is resolutely committed to leading all aspects of the plant-based food revolution—from discovery to commercial production. The only thing that will separate Impossible Foods from success and failure is our ability to recruit more world-class experts.
Want to join? Check out the job opening and requirements below:
We are looking for a principal software engineer to help us design, build, and maintain a state-of-the-art R+D data platform. You will make core design decisions impacting the entire research department while managing and growing the software and data science team. You will decide how software and technical solutions are implemented on a company-wide basis, spanning numerous scientific domains. We are looking for an individual that has an open mind and entrepreneurial spirit to get projects done in the most efficient and effective manner. Your impact on the company will be tremendous on our quest to make delicious plant-based foods. 

You Will:

• Design, build and maintain the research data infrastructure and management system.
• Work to understand the needs of teams and scientists to design intuitive, easy-to-use data pipelines and effective web applications.
• Lead, mentor, and build the Software and Data Science team.
• in nimbly building applications that are useful and maintainable.
• in executing R&D data science and informatics projects.
• in industry standard software best practices (testing, reviews, methodologies).
• in making buy vs build decisions.
• Engineer batch and streaming data pipelines from disparate sources (cloud, analytical instruments, user/scientist-generated, APIs, etc.) into a modern data storage architecture.
• Work closely with information technology, product management, and scientific research teams.

You Have:

• BS in Computer Science, electrical engineering, or related field (MS/PhD preferred), or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of computer science.
• Experience in managing, improving, and growing a software engineering and/or data science team.
• Proven ability to manage multiple ongoing projects while leading a team and contributing code.
• Experience with technical project and product management.
• Strong skill in at least one high-level interpreted/dynamic language (We work primarily in Python, R, and Javascript)
• Strong skill in at least one memory-efficient language (ex: Rust, Golang, Java, Kotlin, C#, Swift, C++, C, Scala, Elixir, etc.).
• Extensive experience with fullstack web application and service development (we primarily use Flask, R Shiny, Streamlit).
• Extensive experience with API design and implementation (REST, GraphQL, etc.).
• Extensive experience creating, working with, and maintaining data management systems (including knowledge of SQL, NoSQL, and data pipelines).
• Demonstrated expertise in technical system design and architecture and design thinking.
• 10+ years experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years experience with cloud service architecture and development (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar).
• Passion for solving monumental problems.
• Scientific research background - Food science, bioinformatics, pharmaceutical, life sciences experience, or similar science-related background is a big plus.
• Machine learning and advanced statistical experience is a plus.

Impossible Foods Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 
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