Member of Technical Staff

The role

A senior, product-minded, full stack engineer will build, scale, and evolve the core Mithrl product. You will work across frontend, backend, and system design to turn complex scientific workflows into software for researchers.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain core Mithrl product features across frontend and backend
• Own end-to-end feature development from product requirements to production deployment
• Build intuitive user interfaces that abstract complex scientific and data workflows
• Develop scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines
• Collaborate with product, design, ML, and scientific teams
• Make architectural decisions balancing speed, scalability, reliability, and developer velocity
• Improve system performance, reliability, and observability
• Build maintainable software
• Mentor junior engineers
• Participate in technical planning, code reviews, and platform evolution

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong full-stack engineering experience with Python and React in production environments
• Proficiency in Django for building backend APIs, services, and data-intensive systems
• Strong experience building modern frontend applications using React
• Experience designing and working with scalable systems, databases, and data-intensive applications
• Strong understanding of system design, software architecture, and engineering best practices
• Experience shipping and owning production systems used by real customers
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Strong problem solving skills and a product-oriented mindset
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally

Nice to have

• Experience designing and working with graphs, including schema design, performance considerations, and client-server data modeling
• Experience building products for technical or scientific users
• Familiarity with data-heavy, analytics, or ML-enabled platforms
• Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience mentoring or leading other engineers
• Exposure to biotech, life sciences, or R&D workflows

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• 401(k) with top-tier plans

Before you apply

• Intro call with recruiting team
• Technical interview focused on practical coding and problem solving
• Onsite with the team including a deep dive on past work and a collaborative system design session
• Conversation with CEO
• Paid work trial in the SF office for multiple days

About the company

Mithrl is building the Scientific Decision Engine for enterprise R&D. It uses Mithrl-1, a biomedical world model, to accelerate R&D cycles.