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Full Stack Software Developer (App Experiences)

  • Node.js
  • AWS
  • MongoDB
  • React.js
  • Express.js
  • NoSQL

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Posted: 1 year ago

At BioRender, our mission is to accelerate the world’s ability to learn, discover and communicate science. We are passionate about democratizing science communication in order to accelerate scientific discovery and understanding. We're looking for amazing people to help create the world’s go-to-place and platform where science is communicated. Come join us!

We’re hiring a senior full stack software developer to build out scalable, secure, reusable features to power our application. Your work will underpin our entire application, powering not only our user application but also providing an integration point for other teams. You’ll be working on our app, setting standards and designing services to scale for the future.

Our ideal fit:
  • Experience designing new product features from initial requirement gathering with product managers through to deployment and monitoring.
  • Excellent at visually communicating ideas through diagrams, wikis and other written mediums as well as verbally in meetings.
  • Passionate about developer experience through great documentation, tests and observability.
  • Has a growth mindset, excited to learn new libraries / technologies, but is thoughtful about tradeoffs between different tools and whether they are solving the right problems for our team and for our users.
  • Incredibly collaborative, interested in working cross-team and can explain complex solutions/problems clearly and succinctly.
  • Confident prioritizing technical needs against business needs.

What you'll be doing:
  • Work closely with product management to design and implement features on our roadmap, including updating and improving existing functionality.
  • Mentor junior developers on the team through pairing sessions, code reviews, lunch and learns etc.
  • Responsible for owning projects end to end and providing regular updates to stakeholders to highlight progress and identify risks.
  • Review our existing services and identify areas for improvement and schedule these to align with the roadmap.
  • Help to shape the team’s processes to scale as the team grows.
  • Research third party services as potential solutions and make recommendations based on research.

What you bring to the table:
  • Minimum 4 years experience as full stack software developer
  • Prior experience as a senior software developer working in an Agile environment
  • Experience with ReactJS or other similar JS frontend frameworks
  • Experience with NodeJS and ExpressJS or other similar Node based API frameworks
  • Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB a plus
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (eg. AWS)

Why Join Us?
  • We are mission-driven, and work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery: BioRender figures have appeared in more than 16,000 publications!
  • It’s a product that users love! We have a world-class NPS and a community of loyal fans. Check out our Testimonials page to see what our customers are saying about us: https://biorender.com/testimonials/ 
  • We are profitable, funded solely by user growth, and growing more than 200% YoY with users in 200+ countries.
  • We're proud that half of our team members are women (including those in leadership positions), and 65% of our team are BIPOC! BioRender is an equal opportunity employer, and an inclusive hiring process and work environment is a part of our DNA
  • We’re remote-first and have team members across Canada and the United States. A physical office in Toronto is available, but you have the flexibility to work from anywhere.
  • We’re backed by top investors, accelerators, and some of the most successful life science entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the world including Y Combinator, Malala Fund founders, and Fifty Years VC.
  • We are committed to building a warm, inclusive, and diverse environment. Check out how we make sure our employees come first.

Check out our candidate resource - Engineering at BioRender!