Ginkgo Bioworks is a publicly traded (NYSE: $DNA), high-growth biotechnology company based in Boston's Seaport District, that is redesigning the living world to solve some of the globe's growing challenges in health, energy, food, material, and more. Our mission to "make biology easier to engineer" is poised to disrupt multiple industries by leveraging our innovative data, automation, and scale capabilities in biological engineering.

Ginkgo believes that if we are to grow a thriving, sustainable bioeconomy, we must also grow a new market in biosecurity. Our biosecurity and public health initiative, Concentric by Ginkgo, launched a nationwide emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing end-to-end pathogen monitoring services to schools, communities, and travelers. As we continue to scale Concentric, our work is also evolving into new and exciting directions, from global expansion to the integration of new technologies and capabilities, including our Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance Plan with the CDC.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead and advance designs across multiple teams, fostering communication, driving coding best practices, and architecting technical solutions. Your role will be pivotal in launching company-wide initiatives, unblocking issues, and providing expertise to enhance team efficiency.

Our tech stack includes React, Evidence, Tableau, AWS, GCP, Aptible, Docker, Flask, Kubernetes, Postgres, and other modern tools and frameworks. Our languages of choice are Python and Javascript. While we don't expect you to be an expert in every platform, we expect you to have a solid computer science foundation and be able to master the technologies that we use today (and will adopt tomorrow).

Most importantly, while you may not have a background in biology, you must be passionate about Concentric's goal of providing insights to governments to drive policy. Your efforts will be critical to protecting people around the globe, from emerging biothreats

Responsibilities

• Work with our design team to come up with delightful user experiences
• Lead and advance frontend products across multiple teams.
• Foster communication between tech leads and guide other engineers.
• Drive coding best practices and design patterns across Concentric software teams.
• Research, evaluate, and incorporate new technology frameworks into multiple team projects.
• Establish overall technical direction for the team and contribute to strategic company needs.
• Debug on-call issues and serve as a front-end resource for senior engineers.
• Execute significant front-end projects meeting strategic company needs independently.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's minimum 15 years of experience OR Masters minimum 10 years of experience
• Proven experience as a Senior or Principal software engineer.
• Deep technical knowledge in multiple areas, including software technologies, frameworks, and cloud technologies.
• Strong systemic understanding of Ginkgo software components and their interactions.
• Ability to lead and coordinate activities between multiple teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred Capabilities and Experience

• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple, concurrent responsibilities
• Flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment
• Eagerness to support Concentric's goals, with a strong drive to help our initiative succeed

Total compensation for this role is market driven, with a starting salary of $190K, as well as company stock awards. Base pay is ultimately determined based on a candidate's skills, expertise, and experience. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental & vision coverage, health spending accounts, voluntary benefits, leave of absence policies, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k) program with employer contribution, 8 paid holidays in addition to a full-week winter shutdown and unlimited Paid Time Off policy.