Product Engineer, Backend

Plasmidsaurus • South San Francisco, CA

12h

About The Position

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 70,000 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 world’s most efficient sequencing engine that operates overnight, scales globally, and helps scientists make breakthroughs faster than ever before. Position Overview You'll 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 people’s 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

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• interest in learning about biotechnology and DNA sequence analysis

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• IMPACT: Your work will directly contribute to accelerating biotech research. This research is one of humanity’s 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees