Staff Software Engineer

BioRender; Toronto; Remote; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BioRender is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to shape an enterprise-grade platform with identity, authorization, and integrations across AI-native workflows. You will lead complex initiatives end-to-end, mentoring engineers and guiding architecture while delivering scalable backend systems and secure APIs.

The role emphasizes hands-on backend depth, full-stack capabilities, and clear communication to align product and design across teams. Remote-first with North American teams.

Qualifications

• Staff-level engineering leadership with 10+ years of experience.
• Own ambiguous problems from design to production and iteration.
• Significant experience building scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Hands-on AI-native engineering with LLM-powered products or MCP integrations.
• Balance long-term architecture with customer needs and product impact.
• Strong communication to align across teams.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-native integrations with emerging AI tools and platforms.
• Own and evolve core enterprise capabilities: identity, authorization, provisioning, integrations.
• Experiment with new AI features and enterprise-grade security, reliability, and performance.
• Lead architecture discussions and guide teams from design to launch and iteration.
• Develop scalable full-stack solutions with APIs and secure, maintainable backend systems.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards across the team.

Skills

Staff-level leadership

Full-lifecycle ownership

Full-stack expertise

AI-native engineering

Pragmatic technical judgment

Clear communication

Tools

OAuth/OIDC

SSO

SCIM

Terraform

Job description

At BioRender, we’re on a mission to accelerate the world’s ability to learn, discover, and communicate science – transforming how knowledge is shared and making science open, collaborative, and easily understandable by all.

We’re shaping the future of science communication and are looking for talented individuals to help bring this vision to life!

Our Enterprise team builds the platform that lets the world’s leading life sciences organizations securely adopt and scale BioRender. As a Staff Software Engineer on this team, you’ll own core platform capabilities like identity, permissions, and enterprise integrations – and help shape how BioRender connects with AI-native workflows and agentic platforms as they become a bigger part of how scientists work.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build AI-native integrations: Explore and develop how BioRender connects with emerging AI tools and platforms as protocols like MCP continue to evolve.
• Advance our enterprise platform: Own and evolve core capabilities across identity, authorization, provisioning, and enterprise integrations.
• Turn emerging technology into reliable products: Experiment with new AI and agentic capabilities, then strengthen them for secure, robust, and scalable enterprise use.
• Drive technical direction: Bring structure to ambiguous problems and lead complex initiatives from architecture through implementation, launch, and iteration.
• Design and build: Develop scalable full-stack solutions with a strong focus on backend systems, APIs, security, reliability, and performance.
• Raise the engineering bar: Lead technical reviews, mentor other engineers, and improve the architecture and practices that support the team’s long‑term growth.

What You Bring

• Staff-level engineering leadership: With 10+ years of software engineering experience, you’ve led complex technical initiatives, influenced architecture, and helped other engineers make better technical decisions.
• Full‑lifecycle ownership: You can take an ambiguous problem from early exploration and system design through implementation, production launch, and continued iteration.
• Full‑stack expertise with backend depth: You have significant experience building scalable systems, APIs, and platform capabilities, with strong judgment around security, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• AI-native engineering: You use AI throughout your development workflow and have hands‑on experience building LLM‑powered products, agentic workflows, MCP integrations, or similar AI‑enabled systems.
• Pragmatic technical judgment: You know how to balance long‑term architectural investments with speed, customer needs, and measurable product impact.
• Clear communication and collaboration: You bring structure to complex problems, explain technical trade‑offs clearly, and build alignment across engineering, product, and design.

Nice To Have

• Experience building enterprise SaaS products in an early‑stage or high‑growth environment.
• Experience with identity and access management, including technologies such as OAuth/OIDC, SSO, SCIM, or role‑based authorization.
• Experience designing APIs and third‑party integrations within enterprise ecosystems.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, particularly Terraform.

Why join us?

• We are mission‑driven: we work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery. BioRender figures have appeared in more than 54,000 publications!
• BioRender is loved by millions! We have a world‑class NPS and a community of loyal fans and users in 200+ countries!
• Our company is backed by top investors and accelerators like Y Combinator, and we are on a growth trajectory comparable to many top‑performing SaaS companies
• We’re remote‑first with team members across Canada and the U.S., offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere.

BioRender is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. By submitting this application, you consent to the processing of your personal data by BioRender in accordance with GDPR and our Privacy Policy.