Staff Software Engineer, Scientific System of Record

Highlights

• Build the memory layer connecting scientific intent to physical reality
• Help close the Design-Build-Test-Learn loop for autonomous discovery
• Build AI-driven platform executing the full scientific method at scale

What they offer

• Bonus potential and early-stage equity
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Flexible time off with company holidays and paid parental leave
• Educational assistance program
• Commuter benefits and subsidized lunch program

Ideal candidate

A collaborative systems thinker energized by scientific impact, comfortable owning complex problems across front-end and backend and partnering with researchers to make discovery reproducible.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 6-8+ years building and deploying large-scale production systems
• Strong expertise across front-end, backend, or data modeling and system design
• Strong experience with React and TypeScript; Python strongly preferred
• Strong experience with SQL, NoSQL and vector databases, schema design and query optimization
• Proven ability to design and scale RESTful or GraphQL APIs
• Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants
• Experience in life sciences, materials science, or other data-intensive research domains
• Strong cross-functional communication with scientists, engineers and product teams
• Proven ownership of complex technical trade-offs across scalability and maintainability