Full-Stack Software Engineer, Data-Driven Platforms

Wave Life Sciences; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Generous PTO

401K + match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Job summary

Wave Life Sciences is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to build, modernize, and scale internal applications supporting scientific and operational workflows. You will work across the full stack—backend APIs, frontend UIs, workflow automation, and data-driven apps—emphasizing maintainability and long-term scalability.

The role offers leveling as Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer, depending on experience, with a pay range disclosed and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years related experience.
• Experience building full stack applications—backend APIs and frontend UIs in production.
• Hands-on experience with Python and Flask or FastAPI.
• Proficiency with React or a modern frontend framework.
• Strong foundation in software engineering best practices—testing, clean code, maintainability.
• Track record of reviewing production code and providing constructive feedback.
• Familiarity with relational databases and data modeling.
• Comfort with version control, automated testing, and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong communication skills, collaboration, and ambiguity navigation.
• Experience designing scalable systems using microservices architecture preferred.
• Experience with microfrontend architecture preferred.
• Experience working with distributed or offshore engineering teams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services and APIs that are reliable and well-tested.
• Build and maintain user-facing interfaces using React or modern frontend frameworks.
• Own features end-to-end—from API design to UI implementation.
• Shape technical direction by contributing to architecture discussions.
• Elevate engineering quality through code reviews and best practices.

Skills

Full stack ownership

Python

React

Microservices

CI/CD

Testing

Code reviews

Relational databases

Distributed teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 8 years

Master’s degree + 6 years

Tools

Flask

FastAPI

React

CI/CD

Job description

Wave Life Sciences is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to build, modernize, and scale internal applications supporting scientific and operational workflows. You will work across the full stack—backend APIs, frontend UIs, workflow automation, and data-driven apps—emphasizing maintainability and long-term scalability.

The role offers leveling as Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer, depending on experience, with a pay range disclosed and comprehensive benefits.