Senior Backend Engineer
Genestack Ltd2 months ago
Remote, SpainSenior
Responsibilities
- Own backend features end to end, from requirements refinement with Product through robust production-ready implementation.
- Evolve the system core, APIs, and data layer.
- Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability under demanding workloads.
- Improve product and technical decisions and balance rapid delivery with sustainable architecture.
- Shape product architecture and long-term technical direction.
- Adapt APIs and infrastructure for AI/ML-driven workloads and modern drug-discovery pipelines.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend focus.
- Deep understanding of object-oriented programming, algorithms, data structures, and computer science fundamentals.
- Extensive experience with RDBMS, columnar databases, search engines, and other NoSQL technologies.
- Proven experience in agentic engineering.
- Strong proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin.
- Experience with system-level refactoring and the Spring ecosystem.
- Ability to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
- Interest in life sciences, data science, and ML/AI applications.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills and fluent English.
- Preferred: knowledge of biology and genetics, experience with profiling, tracing, and performance tools, and familiarity with Python.
Benefits
- International team of professionals.
- Fully paid sick leave.
- Onboarding and domain training for newcomers.
- Flexible work schedule.
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About Genestack Ltd
Genestack builds multi-omics data management and integration software for life-science R&D, delivered as SaaS and supported by consulting and implementation services. Its flagship Omics Data Manager creates FAIR catalogues of studies, samples, and datasets, with bulk metadata curation and APIs for cross-study, cross-omics search. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Cambridge, England, the privately held company serves pharma, biotech, agriscience, consumer goods, and academic research organizations worldwide.