Platform Lead Engineer for Real World Data & AI Pipelines

Freenome; United States; Remote; USD 188,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Cash bonuses

Medical benefits

Remote US role

Job summary

Freenome is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to grow our Platform team and lead the development of our Real World Evidence engine. You will partner with product managers, clinical data analysts, informaticists, researchers and vendors to turn fragmented data into reliable datasets for evidence generation and product development.

This remote US role reports to the Director of Engineering, Platform with occasional travel to Brisbane, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years as a software engineer shipping production software with at least 2+ years as lead developer.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Ability to build and operate distributed systems using Infrastructure as Code on public cloud platforms (Azure or Google Cloud).
• Expertise developing and running containerized software (Docker and Kubernetes).
• Track record building and operating data pipelines and integrations (ingestion, replication, analytics, data quality).
• Experience handling sensitive data (PHI) with proper access controls and audit logging.
• Software architecture leadership: write clean code, design docs and ADRs, guide reviews and decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to thrive in cross-functional environments with collaboration and compromise.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and operation of scalable backend software.
• Build system and data integrations connecting data from commercial products and external providers with analytical platforms.
• Translate product requirements into technical strategy and incremental execution.
• Evolve the Real World Data tech stack and build reusable data curation tools.
• Use AI tools to scale engineering and RWD workflows, automating manual tasks and improving data quality.
• Evaluate technologies and data providers through proofs of concept.
• Lead code and design reviews and promote engineering best practices.
• Contribute to hiring and mentoring team members.

Skills

Python

SQL

Distributed systems

Docker

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Azure

Google Cloud

Data pipelines

PHI data handling

Education

BS in CS

Tools

Git

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Freenome is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to grow our Platform team and lead the development of our Real World Evidence engine. You will partner with product managers, clinical data analysts, informaticists, researchers and vendors to turn fragmented data into reliable datasets for evidence generation and product development.

This remote US role reports to the Director of Engineering, Platform with occasional travel to Brisbane, CA.