# Senior Software Engineer II at Freenome

- Company: Freenome
- What the company does: Freenome is a private biotech company focused on developing blood tests to detect cancer early and make screening accessible for everyone. Backed by a16z, GV and CRV.
- Company website: https://www.freenome.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $162K to $227K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freenome/jobs/8414748002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/freenome-senior-software-engineer-ii/

## About the role

At Freenome we are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to grow our Platform team. This is an opportunity to join a stellar group of engineers with the mission to enable scientific innovation, cross-functional collaboration and data intelligence as we move from R&D to the commercial launch of our lifesaving multi-cancer detection blood tests.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of experience building and operating highly reliable production software systems, preferably in platform engineering teams or similar
- Proficiency with Python and experience with one or more other high-level programming languages
- Strong knowledge of Linux fundamentals including networking and containerization
- Hands-on experience operating cloud services, storage and compute using IaC with at least one major cloud provider, preferably Azure or GCP
- Operational experience managing and optimizing large Kubernetes clusters, preferably in single or multi-cluster environments with thousands of nodes
- A pragmatic approach to reliability, observability, performance tuning, and operational excellence

Tags: Engineering