Software Engineer

Searchability®; Dublin; On-site; EUR 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

On-site 3 days/week

CTO access

Meaningful work

Job summary

Searchability® in Dublin is seeking a founding Software Engineer to own the platform from day one. You will work directly with the CTO, shaping architecture and delivering a full stack solution using React on the frontend and Python/AWS on the backend for a data-heavy, research-driven product.

The role requires building secure systems for sensitive data, with a strong emphasis on end-to-end delivery and startup mindset.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial Python experience.
• React in production environment.
• AWS in production environment.
• Startup or early stage experience preferred.
• Evidence of building end-to-end solutions from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Build the platform front end through to back end alongside the CTO.
• Develop the React front end for a technical, scientific user base.
• Design and build back end services and data pipelines in Python on AWS.
• Make architecture decisions for a product still early in its lifecycle.
• Incorporate security and sensitive data handling from day one.
• Collaborate with researchers to turn their work into a product.

Skills

Python

React

AWS

Startup experience

End-to-end build

Job description

Founding Software Engineer, Full Stack (React / Python / AWS), Dublin

KEY POINTS

• Founding software engineer, first dedicated software hire, reporting directly to the CTO
• Full stack, React front end, Python and AWS back end
• Sensitive data environment, so security awareness matters
• Early stage AI company, small team, genuine ground floor
• Three days a week on site in Dublin
• Up to €110,000 plus meaningful equity

ABOUT THE CLIENT

An early stage company in Dublin using AI in the life sciences.

Their platform helps decide which drug programmes are worth pursuing and where to point them, before large sums get committed to trials. It is a data heavy problem involving very large scientific datasets and modelling work, and the platform sits between that data and the people making the decisions.

Small team, heavily credentialed, backed by senior figures from industry and by technology leaders. Live commercial partnerships already running.

THE ROLE, FOUNDING SOFTWARE ENGINEER

This is the first dedicated software engineering hire. You will work directly with the CTO, taking work straight off him and owning the platform as it is built.

React on the front end, Python and AWS on the back end and data layer. The platform handles sensitive patient and research data, so building it securely and being conscious of how that data is handled is a real part of the job rather than an afterthought.

There is no legacy platform to inherit. The architecture decisions are still open.

WHAT THEY MEAN BY FOUNDING ENGINEER

Worth being direct about this because it shapes who they want to speak to.

They are looking for someone who has built things from scratch rather than maintained someone else's system. Startup experience matters more than a recognisable logo. The phrase the founders use is that they want someone who built the button rather than someone who pushed it.

Attitude is screened as hard as the stack. They want energy, appetite and someone who will argue back constructively. On a team this size, one wrong hire is felt by everyone, and they are open about protecting that.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build the platform front end through to back end alongside the CTO
• Build the React front end for a technical, scientific user base
• Design and build back end services and data pipelines in Python on AWS
• Make architecture decisions on a product still early enough to shape
• Build with security and sensitive data handling designed in from the start
• Work directly with scientific and research colleagues to turn their work into product

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Strong commercial Python
• React in production
• AWS in production
• Startup or early stage experience, ideally as an early engineer
• Evidence of having built something end to end rather than contributed to an existing platform

DESIRABLE, NOT ESSENTIAL

• Security background, whether application, cloud or data governance
• Experience with sensitive, regulated or healthcare data
• Scientific computing, research tooling or data heavy platforms
• Working alongside researchers or scientists
• Familiarity with AI coding tools in a working environment

WHAT'S ON OFFER

• Up to €110,000 plus meaningful equity
• Three days a week on site in Dublin
• Founding engineer seat with direct access to the CTO and real architecture ownership
• Work with genuine purpose, on technology aimed at getting the right treatments to the right patients
• Small, senior, technically deep team