Senior Software Engineer

About the role

RareCyte is a precision biology company developing innovative technologies and products for spatial proteomics and liquid biopsy. Our platforms are used by leading therapeutic companies and research institutions worldwide to advance translational and clinical research programs. The company's Orion™ spatial proteomics platform uses novel single-round technology to deliver quantitative, high-plex spatial biomarker data with the throughput and reproducibility required to support the development of precision therapeutics. The CyteFinder®, AccuCyte®, and RarePlex® products enable class leading rare cell detection for liquid biopsy.

We’re looking for a full-stack Senior Software Engineer to join our team and make a direct impact on our product and customers. This role will build a web-based platform that runs scans and manages and analyzes the resulting image data. Responsibilities also include working across the whole stack: Django services, distributed image processing, and a high-performance browser viewer for large microscopy images.

Our stack: Vue 3, Pinia, Tailwind CSS, Python/Django, Django REST Framework, Celery, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker on Linux. We use Azure for CI/CD.

Responsibilities - Build complex client-side applications, including real-time instrument control, high-performance image viewing, asynchronous processing, and data management

- Be responsible for features from design through deployment, often starting from incomplete or evolving requirements and working with scientists, engineers, and product stakeholders to clarify needs and adapt as they change

- Share knowledge with teammates and help evaluate new technologies to keep our stack modern

Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field

- 5 - 8 years of experience building production software

- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including testing, code review, and maintainable design

- Demonstrated ability to debug complex systems

- Experience with Python web services and APIs (Django and Django REST Framework strongly preferred) and modern JavaScript/TypeScript (Vue preferred)

- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL

- Ability to make reasonable decisions with incomplete information and adjust course as requirements change

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional team

Preferred Qualifications - Experience with WebSockets, Celery or other task queues, Redis

- Experience with scientific or image data in Python (NumPy, SciPy, OpenCV, TIFF/OME-TIFF)

- Experience with browser graphics or large-image viewing (WebGL, OpenSeadragon, Web Workers)

- Interest in and experience with front-end design, especially for scientific applications

Compensation Base salary range spans a Software Engineer up to Senior Software Engineer*