Full-stack Senior Software Engineer

Job Title:
Senior Software Engineer

Location:
Remote

Contract:
6 months (high possibility of extension)

Start Date:
ASAP / Early January 2026

About the Role

We are partnering with an AI-enabled platform designed to support life sciences investors with portfolio optimization, diligence workflows, and value/risk modelling. They are seeking a
Senior Software Engineer
to build and lead their core platform.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Platform Ownership:
  Design, build, and scale a web platform enabling deal teams to explore, upload, and analyze drug assets from discovery through valuation.
• Front end Architecture & UX:
  Develop intuitive, data-rich interfaces using modern frameworks (
  preferred
  ) for managing deal pipelines and interpreting LLM-driven insights.
• Backend Services & Orchestration:
  Implement robust backend services and job orchestration layers (
  FastAPI,
  ) for document ingestion, model execution, and results delivery.
• Data Visualization:
  Create interactive components to visualize scientific assessments, risk analyses, and ML-driven insights.
• API & Integration:
  Design and maintain clean, scalable APIs between the core LLM orchestration layer and the platform. Collaborate with ML engineers to expose model outputs as user-ready insights.
• Cloud Deployment & Reliability:
  Deploy and monitor platform services on
  AWS
  (or equivalent), ensuring high availability, low latency, and secure handling of sensitive data.
• Collaboration & Product Thinking:
  Work cross-functionally with ML engineers, product leads, and domain experts to translate scientific and business logic into actionable workflows.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Champion best practices - automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and modular architecture - while staying current on advances in AI-driven platform development.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field.
• Full-Stack Engineering:
  Proven experience building modern web applications end-to-end - from performant frontends (
  React,
  ) to scalable backends (
  FastAPI,
  ).
• Frontend Expertise:
  Component-based design, state management (
  Redux, React Query
  ), and visualization frameworks (
  , Plotly
  ).
• Backend & API Development:
  RESTful or GraphQL APIs, authentication/authorization, event-driven workflows, and background jobs.
• Database:
  Experience with relational (
  PostgreSQL
  ) and NoSQL (
  MongoDB, DynamoDB
  ) databases.
• Cloud & DevOps:
  AWS (or GCP/Azure), Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines.
• Security Awareness:
  Best practices for secure data handling and compliance.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; product-oriented mindset.

Nice to Have

• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or biopharma sectors.
• Familiarity with ML/LLM integration and document ingestion pipelines.

Desired Skills and Experience
React, , TypeScript, Reducx, React Query, , Plotly, FastAPI, , RESTful API, GraphQL API, OAuth2, JWT, Kafka, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD