Senior Back-End Engineer

Background:

MiraDX is a biotechnology research company currently focused on personalized cancer therapies. We're looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer to join our software engineering team.

As a Senior Back-End Engineer, you will be responsible for architecting, developing, and maintaining our web application. It's currently a full-stack Javascript application (React, Typescript, Next.js) but we are in the process of transitioning the back-end to Ruby on Rails. You will collaborate regularly with other teams to design and implement back-end solutions that are flexible, performant, and intuitive. This role reports directly to the VP of Engineering.

Schedule:

The engineering team is fully remote, and you will need to have at least 5 hours overlap with 8:30AM-5:30PM Pacific Time. There are two mandatory, teamwide meetings on Wednesday from 9:00AM-11:00AM Pacific Time.

Responsibilities:

This job requires a true self-starter. You will be expected to do requirements gathering, translate those requirements into technical work, and then implement that work on your own. Many things in the existing codebase need to be rewritten / productionized and we are a small team, so there is a massive opportunity for shaping the technical direction of the back-end architecture.

• Architect, develop, and maintain the back-end of our web application following best practices and coding standards
• Collaborate with other team members, including Design, Business Development, Internal Lab Technicians, and Front-End Engineering
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers
• Debug and troubleshoot issues, and provide timely resolutions
• Actively contribute to back-end technical discussions

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in back-end web development
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles and best practices, especially as it relates to API design and workflow automation
• Strong understanding of software development best practices such as version control, code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex issues
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS
• Experience with DevOps-type system optimizations to handle growing user base and workload (ex. CI/CD, logging infrastructure, automated testing)
• Experience in healthcare or other industries requiring regulatory compliance
• While experience with Ruby on Rails is preferred, we are open to senior engineers with programming experience in other frameworks and languages.

Important Traits:

• Kindness - egos don't have a place in our meetings 😊
• Accountability - a high-trust environment means being able to own up to, debug, and resolve any issues that may happen
• Communication - there's a wide mix of scientific / medical / engineering knowledge on the team so being able to distill information in a way anyone can understand is important

Notes:

• We're looking for a full-time employee, but this will begin as a 6-week contract-to-hire position.
  • We will be upfront about expectations during this period, and have regularly scheduled check-ins
  • An annual salary will be agreed upon upfront, and the hourly rate for the 6 weeks will be based off that annual salary.
• We are only accepting applications via Wellfound. If you reach out to us in any other way it will be ignored!