Optibrium Career 
 Opportunities

Optibrium is a growing technology company dedicated to providing software to guide decisions involving complex, uncertain data in an intuitive way.

Working at Optibrium offers an environment where you can fulfil your potential and build a career. From day-one, you will be working as part of a team and given every opportunity to utilise and expand your skills and expertise. Your contributions will always be valued and likely to have significant influence in the advancement of Optibrium’s cheminformatics and computational chemistry software product range.

Senior Test Engineer 

Due to continuing growth, we are seeking an experienced Test Engineer, ideally with a Chemistry or science background, to join our global engineering team.

We are looking for someone who will:

• Apply their skill and experience to hand-on testing of our range of products
• Be an advocate for risk-based Testing within Optibrium – promoting practises that will lead to high quality products
• Work as part of a team, utilising your excellent problem solving and communication skills to understand user requirements, provide technical feedback and identify potential risks.
• Work with the Testing organisation to support the product and development team plan, design, develop and maintain compelling products for our customers
• Use a methodical engineering approach to the analysis and diagnosis of complex, cross-disciplined technical issues and defects
• Have experience of working in an agile environment

It would be good if you have exposure to some of the following: 

• Exploratory testing
• Performance testing
• Test automation
• Agile development
• Testing web service applications (e.g. using REST, HTTP, Fiddler)

If you’re interested in joining a growing, entrepreneurial team working in an exciting field, please apply with a CV and covering letter to vacancies@optibrium.com (unsolicited applications from agencies will not be accepted).

We offer onsite, hybrid & flexible working, a competitive base salary, pension contribution, employee private medical cover, life insurance, gym membership assistance, cycle to work scheme, and of course, lovely colleagues!

Optibrium is growing! We are delighted to have recently acquired BioPharmics which had added state-of-the-art 3D molecular modelling technology to our portfolio of products.

Due to this expansion we are looking for a Business Development Manager to focus on sales of the BioPharmics platform for 3D ligand- and structure-based design (https://www.biopharmics.com/solutions/) which offers unique capabilities to molecular modelers, computational chemists, medicinal chemists, structural biologists, and other scientists focused on molecular design.

As a Business Development Manager you will cover the full business development lifecycle, proactively finding and following up on leads, running the sales process and ongoing account management. As part of our commercial team and with support from colleagues in application sciences, research, and legal, you will be responsible for growing our customer base, retaining current accounts, and meeting revenue targets.

This is a great chance for you to work with organisations ranging from multi-national companies to early-stage start-ups, making the most of your background in chemistry, biology or related life sciences, your understanding of computational approaches, and experience from a previous business development role to build new relationships.

Responsibilities and objectives will include:

• Identifying new opportunities to expand our customer base and developing new relationships, especially within the vibrant biotech community.
• Planning and performing the sales process, managing multiple opportunities and projects simultaneously.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of our software products and their value to research organisations within the pharmaceutical and related sectors.
• Proactively support existing accounts, nurture customer relationships, and generate additional business opportunities for license expansion and cross-selling.

The successful candidate should be based on the East coast with regular travel to customer sites and conferences (up to 25%) and to our headquarters in Cambridge, UK. US citizenship or work authorisation is required.

If you’re interested in joining a growing, entrepreneurial team working in an exciting field, please apply with a CV and covering letter to vacancies@optibrium.com.