Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer

Wintermeyer Ventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Wintermeyer Ventures in San Francisco is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to join an AI/ML software team for life sciences and drug discovery. You will build foundational product systems that empower researchers to navigate complex workflows.

The role emphasizes ownership of features end-to-end, collaboration with product, design, and AI scientists, and delivering scalable backend services and data pipelines in a fast-moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional full-stack or backend engineering experience.
• Experience building products at early-stage or high-growth startups and owning production systems.
• Strong proficiency with Python and React, plus experience with backend services, REST APIs, scalable systems, databases, and data-intensive applications.
• Familiarity with Django, GraphQL, SQL, and cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• A bachelor's degree in computer science, STEM, or a related technical field, or equivalent technical grounding.
• Curiosity about life sciences, drug discovery, or computational biology, and the ability to collaborate effectively in an in-person team.

Responsibilities

• Build features 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 code in fast-moving development cycles and contribute to production systems early.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and AI science colleagues to turn scientific workflows into intuitive, high-performance software.
• Own features from development through deployment, iteration, and scaling, with a focus on customer value.

Skills

Python

React

REST APIs

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or STEM

Tools

Django

GraphQL

SQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

About the Role

Join an engineering team building AI/ML software for life sciences and drug discovery. You will create foundational product systems that help researchers work through complex scientific workflows and support growing enterprise demand.

What You'll Do

• Build new product features and systems 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 code in fast-moving development cycles and contribute to production systems early.


• Work with engineering, product, design, and AI science colleagues to turn scientific workflows into intuitive, high-performance software.


• Own features from development through deployment, iteration, and scaling, with a focus on customer value.

What We're Looking For

• 10 or more years of professional full-stack or backend engineering experience.


• Experience building products at early-stage or high-growth startups and owning production systems used by customers.


• Strong proficiency with Python and React, plus experience with backend services, REST APIs, scalable systems, databases, and data-intensive applications.


• Familiarity with Django, GraphQL, SQL, and cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.


• A bachelor's degree in computer science, STEM, or a related technical field, or equivalent technical grounding.


• Curiosity about life sciences, drug discovery, or computational biology, and the ability to collaborate effectively in a communicative, in-person team.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.