Staff Software Engineer — Genomics Experience Platform

Jobs in JS; United States; On-site; USD 173,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Parental Leave

401(k) Matching

Well-Being Benefits

Flexible PTO

Remote options

Job summary

Helix is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Experience to set technical direction for the Experience platform and raise engineering standards across the organization. You will lead strategic decisions and mentor engineers.

You’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, researchers, scientists, and business leaders to deliver patient- and provider-focused genomics software, with a strong emphasis on AI adoption and scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of equivalent professional experience as a Software Engineer.
• Experience driving AI adoption in engineering workflows with automated safeguards and evaluations.
• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Full-stack expertise with backend languages and SPA frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic technical direction for the Experience platform and engineering organization.
• Shape AI adoption and best practices in engineering workflows.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with product, design, researchers, and business leaders to drive outcomes.
• Architect and implement genomic applications and services focused on patient/provider experience.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical standards across teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Autonomy

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Computer Science

Tools

Go

Java

Python

Scala

Rust

React

Next.js

Vue.js

TypeScript/JavaScript

Job description

Helix is seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Experience to set technical direction for the Experience platform and raise engineering standards across the organization. You will lead strategic decisions and mentor engineers.

You’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, researchers, scientists, and business leaders to deliver patient- and provider-focused genomics software, with a strong emphasis on AI adoption and scalable architectures.