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Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer

Fast-growing biotech organization San Francisco, CA Direct Hire Biotech & Life Sciences $175,000 - $270,000

Job Summary

Join a high-growth biotech engineering team as a Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer to build foundational systems that accelerate drug discovery and improve human health globally. This top-priority role focuses on scaling core products to meet surging enterprise demand from leading pharma and biotech researchers. You will own features end-to-end, shipping code quickly in fast-moving sprints and influencing the technology roadmap.

Essential Functions

  • Build new product features and systems from scratch across frontend and backend to expand platform capabilities for world-class researchers
  • Design, build, and own scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines powering the application, identity, data storage, and ML layers
  • Work within fast-moving sprint cycles to ship code quickly and contribute to production within your first few weeks
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, designers, and AI scientists to translate complex scientific workflows into intuitive, high-performance software
  • Own features end-to-end from early development through production deployment, iteration, and scale to deliver real value to researchers
  • Ship production systems used by real customers at leading organizations

Required Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in professional full-stack or backend engineering, not including internships
  • Experience building products at early-stage or high-growth startups, preferably as a founder or early employee
  • Strong proficiency in modern frameworks like Python and React
  • Experience building backend services and REST APIs
  • Experience designing and working with scalable systems, databases, and data-intensive applications
  • BS in Computer Science, STEM, or related technical field

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Django, GraphQL, and cloud infrastructure like AWS
  • Background in bioinformatics or biochemistry with transition to software development
  • Startup experience or background in product-focused companies
  • Track record of building systems rather than maintaining them
  • Comfortable with ambiguity in a dynamic, collaborative environment

Technical Skills

  • Python
  • React
  • Backend services
  • REST APIs
  • Scalable systems
  • Databases
  • Data pipelines
  • Data-intensive applications
  • Django
  • GraphQL
  • AWS

Education & Certifications

BS in Computer Science, STEM, or related technical field.

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive salary range of $175,000 - $270,000 based on experience, plus comprehensive benefits package for a direct hire role.

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