Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer

True Talent Solutions Partners; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

True Talent Solutions Partners in San Francisco is hiring an experienced backend engineer to build an AI platform for drug discovery and life sciences. You will shape foundational systems enabling researchers to work with complex scientific workflows.

You will own features end to end, design scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines while collaborating with AI scientists, product managers, and designers. This on-site role offers a competitive salary and visa sponsorship.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional full-stack or backend engineering experience (excluding internships).
• Experience building and owning production systems used by customers, ideally in a startup.
• Strong Python and React skills; experience with backend services and REST APIs; Django a plus.
• Experience with scalable systems, databases, and data-intensive apps; familiarity with GraphQL and cloud infra (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Bachelor's degree in CS, STEM, or related field.
• Strong curiosity, clear communication, and interest in life sciences or drug discovery.

Responsibilities

• Build product features and systems from the ground up across frontend and backend.
• Design, develop, and own scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines across layers.
• Ship production code within fast-moving cycles and iterate post-deployment.
• Partner with engineers, PMs, designers, and AI scientists to turn workflows into high-performance software.
• Own features end to end from development through production deployment and scaling.

Skills

Python

React

REST APIs

GraphQL

Data pipelines

Cloud infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or STEM

Tools

Django

AWS

GCP

Azure

GraphQL

Job description

About the Role

Join an engineering team building an AI platform for drug discovery and life sciences. You will shape foundational product systems that help researchers work with complex scientific workflows.

What You'll Do

• Build product features and systems from the ground up across the frontend and backend.

• Design, develop, and own scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines across application, identity, storage, and machine learning layers.

• Ship production code within fast-moving development cycles and iterate on features after deployment.

• Partner with engineers, product managers, designers, and AI scientists to turn scientific workflows into intuitive, high-performance software.

• Own features end to end, from early development through production deployment and scaling.

What We're Looking For

• At least 10 years of professional full-stack or backend engineering experience, excluding internships.

• Experience building and owning production systems used by customers, ideally in an early-stage or high-growth startup environment.

• Strong skills in Python and React, with experience building backend services and REST APIs; Django experience is a plus.

• Experience with scalable systems, databases, and data-intensive applications. Familiarity with GraphQL and cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure is helpful.

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, a STEM field, or comparable technical background.

• Strong curiosity, clear communication, and an interest in life sciences, drug discovery, or computational biology.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $175,000 to $220,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.