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Staff Software Engineer - Experience

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7 hours ago
Remote, MexicoStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define the strategic technical direction for the Experience platform and broader Engineering organization.
  • Design, architect, and implement software systems for genomic applications and patient and provider experiences.
  • Lead complex, ambiguous projects from scoping through production while owning architecture and implementation strategy.
  • Drive AI adoption in engineering workflows, including prompt libraries, context frameworks, safeguards, and evaluations for AI-generated code.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, UX researchers, scientists, and business leaders on cross-functional initiatives.
  • Establish engineering standards, delivery practices, quality expectations, and durable solutions that reduce technical debt.
  • Mentor engineers and help develop future technical leaders.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of equivalent professional software engineering experience with demonstrated impact at scale.
  • Strong product engineering mindset and ability to work autonomously on customer- and business-focused outcomes.
  • Experience implementing and promoting AI adoption in engineering workflows, including automated safeguards and evaluations.
  • Proficiency with distributed systems on cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Deep full-stack expertise with proficiency in a backend language such as Go, Java, Python, Scala, or Rust.
  • Experience developing and maintaining single-page applications with React, Next.js, Vue.js, or similar frameworks using TypeScript or JavaScript.
  • Track record of raising technical standards beyond the immediate team or department and fluency in written and spoken English.
  • Preferred: bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field; regulated software experience involving HIPAA, ISO, or FDA; event-driven architecture; AWS serverless infrastructure; and life sciences, healthcare, or genomics experience.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary and annual performance bonus.
  • Employer-paid Bronze Family Health Insurance premium from the first day of eligibility.
  • Home office, phone, transportation, and in-office snack allowances.
  • Flexible vacation policy and national holidays.
  • Hybrid work in Mexico City with weekly office collaboration, or remote work for employees living 80 km or more outside Mexico City with company-covered travel and accommodation for periodic visits.
  • Access to GitHub Copilot, frontier AI tools, Udemy, mentorship, technical demos, pair programming, and professional development opportunities.
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