Member of Technical Staff – Product Engineering
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
The company is building the next generation of AI-powered scientific research platforms by creating intelligent agents that accelerate discovery across biology and life sciences.
Its platform enables scientists and researchers to leverage advanced AI agents capable of processing massive datasets reasoning over highly specialized scientific domains and automating complex research workflows. By combining frontier AI models scientific intelligence and modern software infrastructure the company is transforming how scientific discoveries are made.
Backed by leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Menlo Ventures and Anthropic the company has raised $13.5M in seed funding and is building category-defining AI technology at the intersection of artificial intelligence and biology.
As a Senior Product Engineer (Member of Technical Staff) youll build and scale the core product experiences powering the companys AI agent platform. Youll own full-stack product features end-to-end develop intuitive interfaces for interacting with AI systems and build reliable software used by scientists and researchers.
This is a rare opportunity to join a small high-caliber AI-native engineering team where youll have significant ownership work directly with AI researchers and scientists and solve some of the most challenging problems at the intersection of AI software engineering and scientific discovery.
- Build and own full-stack product features across the AI agent platform
- Develop user-facing experiences for interacting with AI agents workflows and scientific tools
- Design and implement frontend-heavy applications using TypeScript and modern web technologies
- Build scalable backend APIs integrations and product infrastructure using Python
- Own critical product surfaces including billing usage tracking authentication permissions and account management
- Partner closely with AI researchers scientists and infrastructure engineers to translate complex capabilities into intuitive products
- Build reliable systems that enable scientists to interact with advanced AI workflows
- Improve product quality performance reliability and user experience through rapid iteration
- Design AI-native engineering workflows and leverage coding agents to accelerate development
- Make product and technical decisions across frontend backend and infrastructure layers
- Collaborate with a small highly technical team to ship impactful features quickly
- Own projects from initial idea through design implementation deployment and iteration
- 37 years of software engineering experience
- Experience building modern web applications and AI-powered products
- Experience owning product features end-to-end from concept through production
- Experience working at high-growth AI startups or technically ambitious companies
- Experience building full-stack applications with strong frontend ownership
- Experience working in fast-moving high-autonomy environments
- Demonstrated ability to independently drive projects and make technical decisions
- Founding engineer or early-stage startup experience preferred
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Python
- Experience building modern frontend applications and user interfaces
- Experience designing and building backend APIs and services
- Experience developing AI-powered products or workflows
- Strong understanding of frontend architecture performance and user experience
- Experience building enterprise SaaS features such as billing authentication permissions and account management
- Experience with cross-platform application development including desktop mobile or API-based systems
- Strong engineering fundamentals across software design architecture and scalability
- Experience working with AI coding tools and AI-assisted development workflows
- Ability to rapidly understand complex technical domains and build intuitive products
- No specific degree requirement
- Strong technical background and demonstrated software engineering ability preferred
- Strong communication skills
- High ownership mentality
- Excellent collaboration across Engineering Product AI Research and Scientific teams
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity
- Self-directed and proactive
- Strong product and design instincts
- Customer-focused mindset
- Strong attention to detail and product quality
- Ability to move quickly while maintaining engineering excellence
- Passion for solving complex interdisciplinary problems
- Base Salary: $200000 $300000
- Competitive Equity Package
- Fully On-site Environment (South San Francisco CA)
- Visa Sponsorship Available
- Opportunity to build cutting-edge AI research infrastructure
- Direct ownership of AI-native product experiences
- High-impact Product Engineering role
- Collaboration with AI researchers scientists and world-class engineers
- Exposure to frontier AI technologies and scientific applications
- Opportunity to define engineering practices at an early-stage company
- Rapid career growth opportunities
- High-performance AI-native engineering culture
This is an opportunity to build the future of AI-powered scientific research.
Youll create intelligent agent experiences full-stack product systems and developer workflows that enable scientists to solve complex problems faster and unlock new discoveries.
As a Senior Product Engineer youll have broad ownership across the product stack while collaborating directly with AI researchers and scientific experts to build technology that can make a meaningful impact on the future of biology and healthcare.
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