Schrödinger is on the cutting edge of computer-aided drug discovery and materials science. Our software platform continues to revolutionize the design of therapeutics and materials, and we leverage this platform to advance a pipeline of internal, wholly-owned drug discovery programs. We also license our software to leading biopharmaceutical and industrial companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories worldwide.

We're seeking a motivated Software Infrastructure Engineer to join our team in Hyderabad. You'll play a key role in automating the deployment and maintenance of our Kubernetes-based application (LiveDesign) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

You'll work directly with other teams, regularly demo new features you build, and help shape deployment workflows that make their work more efficient.

Build and improve GitHub Actions workflows to automate deployment pipelines

Develop Python scripts and tools for infrastructure automation

Improve Kubernetes Helm charts and establish best practices

Design, implement and/or improve microservices, in particular related to job orchestration of scientific computations

Optimize Docker configurations for our applications

Potentially contribute to our deployment manager web application (Node.js/React) if interested

1-3 years of professional software development or DevOps experience

- Programming: Strong Python skills (writing scripts, working with APIs, testing)
- Cloud Platform: Experience with Google Cloud Platform. Experience with other cloud providers (AWS, Azure) is a plus.
- Strong English communication skills; Experience in writing GitHub Actions workflows or similar CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code experience, preferably Terraform / OpenTofu





Kubernetes fundamentals (deploying applications, understanding pods/services)

Helm chart experience

Docker containerization basics

Web application development skills (esp. Node.js and React)

If you're strong in Python and cloud platforms and excited to develop expertise in GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Kubernetes, we encourage you to apply.

Learning opportunities: We'll support your growth in areas like Kubernetes, Helm and Terraform

Impact: Your automation work will directly reduce manual deployment overhead. You'll work closely with other teams (Solutions Architecture team, Quality Analysis team), building tools that directly improve their daily work

Work with current technologies and cloud-native patterns

Collaboration and communication - sharing knowledge and learning together

Quality - writing maintainable, tested code with proper documentation

Growth mindset - eagerness to learn new technologies and approaches

We place the highest value on creating a safe workplace where our employees can grow and contribute, and refuse to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious belief, sex, age, disability, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, partnership status, caregiver status, sexual and reproductive health decisions, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. To us, 'diversity' isn't just a buzzword, but an important element of our core principles and key business practices. We believe that diverse companies innovate better and think more creatively than homogenous ones because they take into account a wide range of viewpoints. For us, greater diversity doesn't mean better headlines or public images - it means increased adaptability and profitability.

📌 Software Development Engineer, AWS (Secunderabad)
🏢 Schrodinger Technologies
📍 Secunderabad