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Senior Backend Engineer

Orchestra Bio · San Francisco · Remote

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About Orchestra Bio

Orchestra helps R&D organizations unify planning, automate operations, and reduce the risks that derail breakthrough science. Backed by a16z.

About the role

We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing team in San Francisco. You'll work with our team to create complex but intuitive products to manage R&D.

What they're looking for

  • 6-8 years of backend development experience with production systems at scale
  • Deep expertise in Typescript, NestJS, PostgreSQL
  • Track record of building complex, scalable, reliable cloud-based software
  • Experience with cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization
  • Strong experience in data modeling and API design
  • Collaborative mindset with proven track record of working effectively in small, fast-moving engineering teams
More about this role

Orchestra helps companies navigate the journey from discovery to medicine by connecting science, operations, and finance in an intelligent platform. We're on a mission to make every R&D dollar count.

Developing new medicines is a societal imperative to improve human health and reduce medical costs. Brilliant science needs effective management to develop breakthrough medicines that reach patients. We aim to bring the same level of sophistication to scientific development that modern tools brought to software development. While software teams can ship updates daily, R&D organizations face unique challenges: years long development cycles, complex interdependencies, and high-stakes decisions that can make or break billion dollar programs.

Founded by early Benchling leaders, we just emerged from stealth with $20M in funding from 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Insight Partners, Definition, and Haystack to transform how biotech companies operate. Our customers are working on society's most important challenges, including neurodegeneration, cancer, metabolic disease, and biomanufacturing. We're looking for engineers who are excited about building software that helps scientific organizations...

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