Senior Sofware Engineer

Labviva•Boston, MA

16h•$165,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Labviva is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help advance its core purchasing platform, aiming to provide a modern e-commerce experience tailored for scientific users. This involves enabling scientists to search millions of data-rich records for ordering equipment, chemicals, and lab consumables, while also offering suppliers rich analytics on marketplace behavior. The ideal candidate enjoys creating comprehensive end-to-end solutions in a collaborative environment and possesses a thoughtful approach to design and engineering, optimizing for system health, security, and long-term maintenance. Experience with e-commerce platforms or enterprise web applications is considered a plus. This is an onsite hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in the Boston office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
6+ years of experience
A history of tackling large and complex problems and turning them into executable solutions
Experience as an owner/SME of technical & functional areas which involve working with key stakeholders to create stable and resilient products that customers use every day
Ability to forge new paths for enterprise-level green and brown-field projects to create new features utilizing modern technologies
Effectiveness at learning and experimenting with new technologies and frameworks
Strong background designing and developing modern frontends and supporting infrastructure
History of contributing to reliable and scalable software projects

Nice To Haves

Elasticsearch ingestion pipelines and search tuning
Architecting and working in a Service Oriented Architecture environment
Working with and utilizing AI throughout the SDLC using agentic tools like Cursor and Claude Code
Deep knowledge of an area of our stack: Next.js and React, Typescript, Node.js, and backend frameworks including Nest.js and Typeorm, PostgreSQL utilizing Aurora, Kafka, Kubernetes and Docker
E-commerce platform experience
Procurement for scientific applications

Responsibilities

Act as a technical lead for various initiatives including designing and implementing new features and advancing the technologies our platform uses
Mentor, support, collaborate with, and learn from other members of the team as well as other key stakeholders across the company
Contribute to an engineering culture of shipping great products. Advocate for new technologies, methods, best practices and solutions (technical and non-technical) that improve our product and work experience
Ship new code on a daily basis covering the following areas: Frontend features, components, designs, and general architecture supporting everything a user needs to do on our site; Backend services supporting the entire marketplace including interfacing with data pipelines and supporting the frontend; External integrations with third parties including different product information and order placement APIs; Search infrastructure and optimizations for scientific use-cases