Senior Software Engineer, Single-Cell, Science

The Team

The Single Cell Engineering team builds tools that enable scientists from a broad range of backgrounds to unlock insights from single-cell transcriptomics data. Among the tools we build are visualizations built on top of the 30 million cells we have amassed. These interactive-speed visualizations accelerate the speed at which scientists can query and form hypotheses on understanding how genetic variants in cells impact disease risk, define drug toxicities, and eventually discover better therapies.

What You'll Do

As a senior software engineer on the Data Visualization Engineering team, you will design and implement full stack features on our core web application, CELLxGENE Discover, to enable scientists to interrogate further our vast and growing corpus of data without any need to download the data itself or have any computational expertise. You will work on a collaborative, multidisciplinary team to develop solutions for our scientist users to accelerate their workflows and the pace of scientific discovery.

* No prior biology experience is required for this role. You will have the opportunity to pair with Computational Biologists to develop solutions for our users and be able to learn about single-cell biology from experts on our team.

* Our tech stack: Python, Typescript, React, Terraform, AWS infrastructure, TileDB.

• Design, build, and optimize features for our large-scale visualizations to facilitate the reuse of terabytes of single cell transcriptomics data. 
• Develop scalable, maintainable, and testable software systems and participate in team conversations and efforts on engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with product managers, computational biologists, UX designers, and other software engineers to deliver constant incremental value for scientists without compromising on software quality.
• Have opportunities to learn about single cell technologies, though no prior experience is required!

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of relevant software experience
• Strong fundamentals in systems design, data structures, algorithms, and object oriented programming principles.
• Past experience building new features or systems in web- or cloud-based applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Enthusiasm to ramp up on technologies and learn a new science domain.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary environment (engineering, product, design).

The Redwood City, CA base pay range for this role is $190,000-$285,000. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process. Pay ranges outside Redwood City are adjusted based on cost of labor in each respective geographical market. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process. 

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About Us

Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician and founder of The Primary School in East Palo Alto, and Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, announced the creation of CZI shortly after welcoming their first child in 2015 — with the goal of helping build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone. Their idea was ambitious but grounded in the belief that by harnessing technology, we can tackle some of the greatest challenges of our time in new ways to help drive faster progress.

CZI is committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome interest from individuals of all backgrounds and levels of experience who share our mission. If you’re interested in this role but your previous experience doesn’t perfectly align with each qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role!

CZI believes that vaccines are one of the most powerful tools to fight COVID-19 and save lives. It aligns to our mission and work to cure, manage, and prevent disease. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all employees (with the exception of reasonable accommodations due to medical or religious beliefs). All visitors coming onsite to a CZI facility are required to show proof of COVID vaccination or take an onsite COVID test.