Software Engineer

Variant Bio is a Seattle-based biotechnology company leveraging the power of human genetic diversity to develop life-saving therapies. To achieve this goal, we are studying the genes of people who are outliers for medically relevant traits, then translating insights from this research into the discovery and development of new therapeutics.

Variant Bio has raised $130mm to support the rapid advancement of the company’s research and development work. Our investors include Lux Capital, Alta Partners, General Catalyst, SoftBank Vision Fund, Cercano Management and Casdin Capital, among others. Our growing team of geneticists, medical researchers, biologists, and drug hunters is working to advance multiple projects through target validation, lead optimization, and into the clinic, in relentless pursuit of our goal to bring life-saving therapies to patients.

Ethics is at the foundation of everything we do at Variant Bio. Our genomic research studies are co-designed with local partners around the world. In addition, we are committed to sharing tangible benefits with research partners and communities through our unique Benefit-sharing Program and Affordable Medicines Pledge.

Variant Bio is an equal opportunity employer that guarantees a work environment that respects and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Description

We are looking for a full-stack developer (mid-level) to help build and maintain web applications and services for analyzing and exploring genomic data. Our data platform is fully powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) so the ideal candidate will have experience with frontend and backend development that utilizes a host of various AWS services. The candidate will also work closely with scientists to understand the needs of the team and build out tools that will drive cutting edge scientific research. Due to the sensitive nature of genomic and health data, the candidate will be responsible for helping ensure all internally developed software platforms meet the highest security standards. While experience in every listed technology is not mandatory, the ideal candidate should have familiarity with them or demonstrate the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies. This role reports to the principal software engineer of the company’s Genomic Discovery team. 

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain web-based applications used internally by scientists to explore complex health and genomic data.
  
• Develop and maintain internal APIs and services that power the data platform leveraged by scientists to query and analyze our extensive datasets.
  
• Create and ensure documentation remains up-to-date for newly developed features.
  
• Deliver prompt support to application users to ensure a positive and seamless experience.
  
• Ensure that internally developed applications comply with established security protocols, monitor platforms for security threats, and continuously improve security capabilities.
  
• Deploy application updates and maintain separate development and production environments for testing.
  

Qualifications

• Innovative Problem Solver - Able to collaborate with others and also work independently to ideate and develop creative solutions to data exploration needs within the team with some guidance.
• 1+ Year(s) Familiarity with AWS - Experience working with AWS including knowledge of EC2, IAM, S3, Lambda, Cognito, RDS, and Elastic Beanstalk. Nice to have experience includes VPC, Athena, ECR, and Bedrock.
• 3+ Years of Development Experience - Hands-on development experience with Javascript including React.js and Node.js libraries, HTML, and CSS. Familiarity with Python and FastAPI is also a plus.
• Database - Experience querying MySQL databases.
• Project Management - Ability to maintain and develop software using version control platforms like GitHub, development management systems like Jira, and deployment platforms like GitHub actions.
  

What We Offer

• Opportunity to be part of a well funded and highly innovative biotech.
  
• Competitive, industry leading salary, and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability and life insurance.
  
• 401(k) plan through Fidelity that includes up to 3% employer match and flexible investment options.
  
• Flexible paid time off.
  
• Choice of public transportation (Orca Card) provided by the company or subsidized parking.
  
• Centrally located Eastlake, Seattle location in a new Alexandria building with modern facilities.

Anticipated annual base salary for this position is $110,00-155,000 plus up to 10% bonus and an options package, for total compensation of up to $121,000-170,500, plus equity options.

The annual salary range above is based on the responsibilities and qualifications listed above. Individual salary will depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Don't meet every single requirement but are excited to join the Variant Bio team? If your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may still be the right candidate for this or other roles.