Senior Software Engineer

BioRender is a company focused on enhancing scientific communication through visuals, empowering scientists to create accurate biological figures. The Senior Software Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams, take ownership of the codebase, and drive creative solutions to improve the product and user experience.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate Across Teams: Work side-by-side with product managers, designers, and data scientists to shape a roadmap that empowers scientific leaders to collaborate safely and effectively together
• Own and Improve: Take end-to-end ownership of key components of our codebase, ensuring that features are robust, secure, scalable, and maintainable
• Drive Creative Problem-Solving: Embrace ambiguity, experiment boldly, and develop creative solutions that push the boundaries of what our product can do
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work closely with designers, product managers, and other product engineers to deliver high-quality experiences
• Uphold engineering excellence: Write testable, well-documented code; participate in code reviews and design critiques; and help evolve best practices
• Elevate team impact: Bring thoughtful technical insights and a growth mindset to help us continuously improve as a team

Requirements:

• Proficient in modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., ReactJS), NodeJS/ExpressJS, cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS)
• Experience with MongoDB/NoSQL databases for efficient data management
• 7+ years of full-stack development experience
• Strong Communicator & Collaborator: You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with others across disciplines to achieve shared objectives
• User Focused & Impact Driven: You prioritize delivering real value to users, thoughtfully balancing quality, speed, and the company's broader goals
• AI Passion: You're genuinely curious about AI, continuously explore emerging tools, and love applying them in real-world projects
• Crafting Quality User Experiences: You work closely with design and product to craft delightful user interfaces, leveraging the web platform and using UI frameworks such as React
• Builder Mentality: With 7+ years of full-stack development experience, you've built products from concept to production and are eager to prototype and iterate quickly
• Background in science with an analytical and data-driven approach to problem-solving
• Passionate mentor with experience guiding and supporting team members
• Experience with observability and metrics-driven design, utilizing tools like Datadog
• Enterprise development experience, building scalable and robust systems in a complex environment
• Experience with AWS and Terraform for cloud infrastructure and automation