Product Engineer, Backend

South San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Engineering

Job Summary

About Plasmidsaurus

Plasmidsaurus is on a mission to accelerate new cures and promote a healthier planet by unlocking a new level of productivity for scientists. Our sequencing services are used daily by thousands of innovators including Nobel laureates Fortune 100 pharma and over 70000 scientists.

We began by revolutionizing plasmid sequencing making it exponentially cheaper and faster with innovative sequencing technologies and a global network of laboratories that turn samples into answers in hours not weeks.

Now we are expanding that same disruptive model across all of genomics. With the launch of our new RNA-seq service we are taking a bold step toward our vision to sequence everything providing scientists everywhere with faster simpler and more affordable access to the data that powers discovery.

Every team member at Plasmidsaurus plays a crucial role in driving the future of biotech research. Together we are building the worlds most efficient sequencing engine that operates overnight scales globally and helps scientists make breakthroughs faster than ever before.

Position Overview

Youll work on backend services that power our impact on the biotech ecosystem wearing many hats from:

Building REST APIs that allow our customers to seamlessly integrate their DNA sequencing results into their lab notebooks
Developing services and integrating APIs for our blazing fast operations coordinating our couriers labs and robots around the world
Building robust payment services to streamline billing invoicing and product pricing
Building high performance backend services to process terabytes of sequencing data per day powering our frontend bioinformatics analytics tools.

Culture

You are someone who:

Enjoys high agency and high ownership work
Is curious about learning from other peoples expertise in scientific/biological domains
Is excited to make an impact on the scientific community enabling the next generation of medicines biotechnology and even plant-based-meats!
Can lead projects from idea to production independently
Is a life-long learner
Is excited to work in a tight-knit fast-paced environment with a motivated team
Values clear communication and helping others learn new skills

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science Computer Engineering Math Physics or technical subject
3 years of industry experience
Experience with REST API best practices (such as OpenAPI) and designing service-oriented architectures
Experience with SQL and data modeling in relational databases
Experience with full-stack Python web frameworks like Flask or Django
Some familiarity with modern frontend javascript frameworks (React Vue Svelte)
Experience working in AWS (ECS Lambda Batch RDS StepFunctions) and infrastructure-as-code best practices
Experience building distributed systems with task queues (such as Celery and SQS)
Experience with modern unit and integration testing frameworks for Python
Experience using CI/CD to deploy applications like Github Actions
Experience working with Linux servers
(Preferred) interest in learning about biotechnology and DNA sequence analysis

Why Plasmidsaurus

IMPACT: Your work will directly contribute to accelerating biotech research. This research is one of humanitys most powerful tools for stopping climate change and developing novel therapies.
INNOVATION: Work on the cutting edge of biotech and software introducing indispensable tools to top-tier researchers.
COMMUNITY: Join a passionate scrappy team that values close interactive relationships with our customers and each other.

We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesnt perfectly align with the job description as we seek out diverse and creative perspectives. Team members who love to learn and collaborate in an inclusive environment will thrive with us. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. If you need additional accommodations to feel comfortable during your interview process please let us know at

About PlasmidsaurusPlasmidsaurus is on a mission to accelerate new cures and promote a healthier planet by unlocking a new level of productivity for scientists. Our sequencing services are used daily by thousands of innovators including Nobel laureates Fortune 100 pharma and over 70000 scientists.We...