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“Software Engineering at SecureBio” by Jeff Kaufman 🔸


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I've had a lot of people reach out to me who are interested in working
on biosecurity, but have a background in software engineering /
computer science. A lot of these conversations have looked something
like:

A: I'd be really excited to work on biosecurity, it seems really
important and relatively
neglected. Are you hiring for software engineers at SecureBio?

Me: I wish we were, you seem really great! But I don't know when we
will be, depends on funding and some strategy questions.

This has now changed, and SecureBio is now hiring for two different
software engineering roles that don't require a biology background:

  • NAO: Bioinformatics

  • Engineer. An in-person role on the project I lead, developing a
    metagenomic biosurveillance system to detect stealth
    pathogens.

  • AI: Software

  • Engineer, AI Safety and Biosecurity. An remote role [...]

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    First published:

    October 23rd, 2025

    Source:

    https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/8zyMEBhDch9PCuyu5/software-engineering-at-securebio

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