Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Location: Remote – United States or Canada
Company Stage of Funding: Growth-Stage Venture (Series B/C)
Office Type: Remote
Salary: $170,000 – $190,000 USD

Company Description

We are a premier recruiting firm partnering with an innovative software company that's transforming how scientific communication happens. Their mission is to accelerate discovery and collaboration by making biology more accessible—through intuitive, visual tools used by millions of scientists around the world.

The company is building the world's leading platform for communicating complex biological concepts through scalable visuals. Now entering its next chapter, the team is expanding its engineering group to support large-scale growth and AI-powered product evolution.

Why Candidates Should Join

Transformative Mission: Help reshape how science is communicated by empowering researchers with intuitive visual tools.
Innovative Technology: Work on cutting-edge AI and full-stack solutions used by top research institutions and biotech companies.
Collaborative Environment: Join a tight-knit team of engineers, designers, and product leaders solving meaningful problems.
Ownership and Impact: Own critical parts of the codebase and see your work directly impact millions of scientists.
Career Growth Opportunities: Grow in a fast-paced environment with ample opportunity to mentor, lead, and expand your technical influence.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, you will play a leading role in building and scaling user-facing SaaS products. You’ll collaborate across product and design teams to drive high-impact feature development and infrastructure improvements.

Key responsibilities include:

End-to-End Ownership: Lead development of critical backend services and frontend interfaces with a roughly 70/30 backend/frontend split.
Collaboration: Partner with PMs, designers, and other engineers to design scalable, secure features that solve user problems.
Integration Development: Build secure, seamless integrations between the platform and customers’ existing toolchains.
Enterprise Tooling: Evolve internal and external admin features such as user management, authentication, sharing controls, and reporting.
Problem Solving: Embrace ambiguity, iterate quickly, and help push the boundaries of the product experience.

Ideal Candidate Background

Experience: 7+ years in full-stack engineering roles, having shipped robust, customer-facing products in high-scale SaaS environments.
Technical Leadership: You’ve taken products from concept through production and are comfortable making architectural decisions.
Strong Backend Focus: Deep expertise in Node.js is required, with recent production-level experience.
Scalable Product Experience: Prior experience working on complex SaaS products with measurable user impact.
Team Collaboration: Worked cross-functionally in product-led teams (PMs, design, data science) to deliver value.
Mentorship: Passion for sharing knowledge and mentoring other engineers in both code and product strategy.

Preferred

Experience at a top-tier VC-backed startup or a leading tech company (e.g., FAANG).
Strong academic background, ideally with education from a top-ranked university.
Familiarity with MongoDB/NoSQL, cloud infrastructure (AWS), and ReactJS or other modern UI frameworks.
Personal or professional interest in AI tools and trends—especially where it enhances engineering efficiency or product features.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range: $170,000 – $190,000 USD
Equity: Available and competitive
Work Policy: Remote (United States or Canada)
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Not available
Start Date: ASAP

Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack)

Recruiting From Scratch

San Francisco (CA)

Remote

USD 170,000 - 190,000

Full time

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