Senior Software Engineer; Backend

Elegen is blazing a path towards a biology-based economy with a highly innovative approach to DNA synthesis that delivers an industry‑leading length of 7kb in 7 business days with a 99.999% per‑base accuracy. Our multidisciplinary team of best‑in‑class biologists, chemists, hardware, and software engineers apply cutting‑edge technologies and methods to solve critical bottlenecks in synthetic biology workflows to help our customers in pharma, biotech, agbio, and biomanufacturing streamline their work and realize the full potential of programmable biology.

We are looking for an experienced software engineer with expertise in building data management solutions, AWS infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines so we can scale our production labs, facilitate troubleshooting, and accelerate the development of new products.

You will be part of an interdisciplinary team that works directly with our internal group of scientists, molecular biologists, and computational biologists as well as teammates in software engineering and product. This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing company at an early stage and to impact the development of its products, markets, processes, people, and culture.

• Design, build, and maintain software tools used by both our research and production teams to advance the manufacture of genes.
• Collaborate with product managers, the Production Lab, Apps, Business Intelligence (BI), Bioinformatics, R&D, and other software teams to ensure the tools support their needs.
• Provide appropriate data access to the molecular biology, data science, and BI teams.
• Work with the existing team of bioinformaticians to build appropriate AWS infrastructure for their solutions.
• Directly shape the software architecture and be involved in the long‑term company direction.
• Enhance the CI/CD processes of the company, including building the infrastructure for long‑running regression tests of bioinformatic solutions.
• Be part of an on‑call rotation to support the software you’ve helped develop.
• Contribute to Elegen’s technology platform, direction, and culture.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Expertise in commonly used backend technologies in both Python and GoLang.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure with IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi, CDK).
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and managing releases (Dev, Stg, Prod).
• Experience migrating monolithic legacy systems to microservices.
• Familiar with Agile software development principles and goals.
• Familiar with common software development practices, including tracking, version control, and continuous testing, integration, and deployment (Git Hub Actions).
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in interdisciplinary teams.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment.

• Experience building software in regulated environments.
• Experience building and maintaining mission‑critical production environments.
• Capable of building rudimentary front‑end user interfaces for internal use.
• Familiarity with molecular biology reactions and methods.
• Able to come into our San Francisco Bay Area office once a week.

The annual base salary compensation for this role, if based in California is: $150,000 - $180,000. Compensation may be different in other locations. Final compensation also includes bonus, equity and benefits. Specific offer packages are determined by multiple factors, including candidate skill, experience, expertise, and location.

• Healthcare
• Dental
• Vision
• Learning Allowance
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Short Term Disability
• Fitness Allowance

Elegen is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Elegen provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic characteristics, or any other category protected by law. All applicants have rights under the following Federal Employment Laws:

• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)