Software Engineer

Searchability®; Dublin; On-site; EUR 66,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

On-site 3 days/week

Job summary

Searchability® in Dublin is seeking a Founding Software Engineer to join as the first dedicated software hire and report directly to the CTO. You will own the platform across frontend and backend using React, Python and AWS, with a focus on security for sensitive data.

There is no legacy system; architecture decisions are open, and you will shape the product early. Expect a small, senior team and meaningful equity as you build from ground up in a life sciences AI context.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial Python experience.
• React in production experience.
• AWS in production environment.
• Startup or early stage experience preferred.
• Evidence of end-to-end ownership of a project.

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 to shape an early product.
• Embed security and sensitive data handling from the start.
• Collaborate with researchers to turn their work into product.

Skills

Python

React in production

AWS in production

Startup or early stage experience

End-to-end build experience

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 platformsWorking 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