Software Engineer, Registry and Inventory

Responsibilities

• Drive complex, end-to-end projects: Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of high-impact features and systems across the stack (React + Python). Translate product requirements into scalable architecture and thoughtful user experiences, while proactively identifying risks and tradeoffs.
• Shape technical direction and architecture: Make foundational engineering decisions that improve system performance, reliability, and scalability. Collaborate with other senior engineers to evolve our platform and influence long-term technical strategy.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with product managers, designers, customer success, and other engineering teams to create clarity and ensure alignment on goals, seamless handoffs, and shared understanding of scientific user needs.
• Identify and address technical debt: Own proactive improvements to the codebase and infrastructure. Refactor critical systems for maintainability and performance, and champion investments that improve long-term developer velocity.
• Design for performance and scale: Build systems that can handle the complexity and scale of life sciences R&D. Optimize backend performance, frontend responsiveness, and system reliability.
• Mentor and support other engineers: Act as a technical mentor and sounding board for other engineers. Help grow the team’s technical skills through guidance, pairing, and knowledge sharing. Be a force multiplier for the team.
• Elevate code quality and engineering practices: Set high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence. Lead by example, perform thorough code reviews, and help raise the bar across the team.
• Embrace ambiguity and domain complexity: Operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with evolving scientific requirements. Rapidly learn new technologies and help the team do the same.
• Act with ownership and accountability: Take responsibility not just for your code, but for the outcomes it enables. Push for clarity, follow through on commitments, and support others in doing the same.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong coding skills and engineering fundamentals – able to turn product requirements into well-architected, maintainable, and tested code
• Experience building scalable, reliable systems with attention to performance and user impact
• Leadership in engineering practices – drives and upholds high standards in testing, code quality, reviews, version control, and team development workflows
• Proven ability to work across teams – partnering with product, design, and platform groups to ship cohesive solutions
• Strategic problem solving – tackles complex, ambiguous technical challenges with a focus on long-term impact, scalability, and user value
• Comfortable pushing back thoughtfully – advocate for technical solutions that improve quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Experience mentoring others and contributing to team growth – through onboarding, pairing, and process improvement
• Clear and effective communicator, especially in cross-functional settings
• Curiosity and adaptability – excited to learn about life sciences and work in a fast-changing domain (no prior domain knowledge required – though it’s a huge bonus)

Nice-to-Haves

• Prior domain knowledge in life sciences