The life sciences industry plays a significant role in advancing healthcare and improving the quality of life - in many cases, saving millions of lives globally. At BASE life science, this is the motivation for everything we do, aimed at pushing boundaries, seeking excellence, and making a lasting difference through consulting expertise and data-driven solutions.
Who is BASE life science?
Founded in 2007, BASE life science is a business and technology consulting enterprise working exclusively in the life sciences industry.
From our headquarters in Denmark and offices in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, we serve customers across the globe. With a deep understanding of the life sciences industry, we work hand in hand with customers to identify, develop, and implement strategic initiatives that drive growth, efficiency, and overall success through tailored solutions.
Our partnership with industry-leading solution providers, including Veeva, Salesforce, IQVIA, Benchling, and MediSpend ensures that our clients harness the full potential of the most innovative solutions on the market.
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Software Developer to help us expand our software development capabilities as we see an increased demand from our clients for new software solutions. We are looking for candidates that can provide technical expertise and skills to the various projects of our clients but are also interested in helping us build up a thriving software development team where people can grow both professionally and personally. Among the latter, you will be involved in building reusable accelerators and establishing best practices for software development in our organisation based on our experiences from the various client projects.
Our team currently consists of 6 software developers with experience levels ranging between 6-8 years in one end and student developers in the other end. We have previously mostly been working with internal systems but are seeing a shift moving more to a mix of internal and external work. We hope to grow the team with 4-6 new members in the coming year to accommodate the increased need for our capabilities.
As a Senior Software Developer your responsibilities include:
- Work as a software developer on client projects, usually along one or more colleagues from BASE. We are currently working on a mix of data science and GenAI projects in the life science industry.
- Provide technical expertise in discussions with both the client’s technical and business representatives.
- Participate in defining and implementing best practices for software development in our organisation.
- Participate in growing the software development team in our organisation, defining a culture and vision for the team and the individual careers.
We offer this position in Copenhagen, Denmark.
What makes you the best person for this job?
For this role, it is important that you are interested in software development and how to not only get things done, but also get things done in the right way. You should have an ambition to learn and improve both your professional and technical skills, and you should be able to interact and work with your colleagues remotely as our employees are based in many different countries.
On top of this, you have the following competences:
- Software development using a statically typed language and Python.
- Experience in developing and maintaining a software repository.
- Experience in testing, debugging and troubleshooting code.
- Experience in building software in a serverless and/or cloud environment.
- Knowledge of version control using Git.
- Knowledge and experience in software delivery models, including CI/CD pipelines using Github Actions.
- Understanding of Agile working practices.
It will be a plus if you have these additional capabilities:
- Experience working in a client/vendor setup.
- Fluent in writing Python code.
- Experience working with containers (Docker).
- Experience with working in regulated environment (GxP).
- Understanding of the underlying LLM technology stack and/or experience in developing LLM-powered applications.
What makes us the best employer for you?
BASE life science has been recognized as an outstanding workplace, earning us the Great Place To Work certification in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
We are proud to represent 35+ nationalities among our colleagues, and firmly believe in the power of diverse perspectives and characteristics to drive truly innovative solutions and achieving excellence.
At the heart of our organization lies a foundation grounded in five core values: team spirit, trust, openness, ambition, and execution. We cultivate an environment that champions flexibility, placing confidence in our employees to successfully complete tasks while upholding a healthy work-life balance. Additionally, we place significance in cross-functional collaboration, where niche skills and specialisms are valued and challenging the status quo is encouraged.
Additionally, we offer you:
Health insurance.
Remote work friendliness.
Ongoing learning and development.
Flexible schedules to fit your work to your routine.
Contributions to physical, social, and emotional health.
Home office setup with laptop and other electronic devices.
The chance to help make a difference for patients around the world.
Interested?
If you find this position intriguing, don't delay—submit your application in English at your earliest convenience. We are continuously reviewing and assessing all incoming candidates and eagerly await your application.
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