Software Developer (KBase)

Software Developer

Berkeley Lab's (LBNL) Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology (EGSB) Division is looking for a Software Developer to join the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) team!

KBase integrates diverse biological datasets, computational models, and analytical tools into a unified, extensible platform that enables researchers to generate, test, and refine hypotheses about biological systems. KBase supports large-scale, collaborative, and reproducible science across microbial ecology, functional genomics, and systems biology.

In this exciting role, you will design, develop, and maintain software infrastructure that enables AI-driven scientific workflows, including intelligent agents that interact with the KBase Data Lakehouse and associated knowledge resources. You will play a key role in building agentic systems, data services, and knowledge representations that allow AI tools to reason over harmonized, ontologically labeled biological data.

This position emphasizes the development of AI agents and co-scientist tools, integration with large-scale data lakehouse infrastructure, construction of knowledge graphs, and close collaboration with domain scientists. You will have the opportunity to contribute directly to scientific outputs, including publications, and help shape the next-generation AI-assisted discovery workflows within KBase.

This position has an anticipated start date of March 2, 2026.

We're here for the same mission, to bring science solutions to the world. Join our team and YOU will play a supporting role in our goal to address global challenges! Have a high level of impact and work for an organization associated with 17 Nobel Prizes!

Why join Berkeley Lab?

We invest in our employees by offering a total rewards package you can count on :

• Exceptional health and retirement benefits, including pension or 401K-style plans.
• A culture where you'll belong - we are invested in our teams!
• Enjoy a Winter Holiday shutdown every year.
• Parental bonding leave (for both mothers and fathers).
• Pet insurance.

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Misconduct Disclosure Requirement : As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.